I know what you mean about pizza, that is one of my favorite foods. It is hard not to overeat. Tonight I had biscuits and hamburger gravy. I love homemade gravy but I did good. I only had one biscuit half a cup of gravy. I even managed to eat a breakfast this am. I'm not a breakfast person but I have made it a new goal of mine to eat it.

I did a 35 minute taebo workout and a ten minute ab workout. I didnt' go back to bed right away this morning after my husband left so I flipped through the channels and come across an infomercial about Turbo Jam. It looks really fun so after everything from Christmas settles down I may just have to order it.

I am going to be baking cookies tomorrow so I hope I can be good, and no cheating.;) I may have to have one or two, but I will have to quit at that.
Well I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

What is Turbo jam? If you order it you will have to give me a full review. I bought a cardio dance blast dvd a while back and have yet to use it. I looked at it once and tried a few moves. It looks quite difficult to learn but I like to dance. I'm trying to get some friends together to try it. It looks like it would be more fun w/ others. I saw Kirstie Allie on Oprah and she said her secret weight loss tool was dancing. I still have to try it.

Good luck with the cookies.

MJ

Emjay,

I really didn't see a whole lot of the workout but Turbo Jam looks a lot like Taebo but also kinda dancy. I'm not sure how to describe it. I will definately let you know what I think if I get it. I just finished my breakfast and I'm gonna get my shower taken. I've got a lot of work to get done. My husband wants to leave as soon as he gets off work. His dad wants to take us out to dinner tonight. Sounds great except it is a four hour drive so we are hoping to be there by 8 tonight.

Well I'm back to work. I hope you have a Merry Christmas, chances are I won't be back on until Sunday evening or Monday morning. Good luck with all the wonderful foods that everyone is sure to be offering. I've decided a couple of days won't kill me if I watch what I eat, maybe not count calories, which I imagine would be next to impossible, but just not overindulge.

Merry Christmas
Jen

jen,

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful day. Don't worry about food today, just enjoy yourself!

MJ

Good for you. I am ready to try again. I have high hopes this time. I have been reading about the 3 hour diet. It will be hard for me to eat breakfast though. I do believe it will http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...5/150/255/.png jump start my metabolism.

Trina,

I have heard a little about the 3 hour diet but not much. I was thinking of looking it up on the net. Is there a book on it or something? Basically I have been just trying to watch what I eat and cutting portion sizes down (portion sizes are an issue for me). And excercising, that is huge for me. I have found this site to be really helpful, it is an awesome source of support and motivation. Feel free to join in with us. I hope you do well.

MJ

Trina,
Welcome, feel free to join us anytime. I have heard people having success with the 3 hour diet. I am counting calories and I eat when I feel hungry. I just eat in moderation and try to make good choices.

Emjay,
I am finally back. I had a busy but wonderful weekend. I love Christmas time. Well food wise I cheated a lot but hey Christmas is here only once a year and I didn't want to ruin it with all my restrictions. I didn't lose but I was happy so I'm not going to let it get me down.

I have decided that for my next goal I am want to be down 15 pounds by my birthday. That gives me six weeks and I am pretty sure I can get it done.

Well I should go, I have a ton of toys to go through and put away. Nothing like being gone for 3 days then have a huge mess to clean up;) Oh well it keeps me busy. I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

I didn't lose anything this week but I didn't gain either so I am happy. I would like to lose 15 by your birthday (mine too) but I don't know if it is possible for me I think I will stick w/ a 10 pound goal.

I'm glad you had a nice Christmas. Mine was good too. Of course I ate too much. I still have some junk around my house and I have to throw it out. It's hard for me to throw food away but I'm gonna do it.

Talk to you later. MJ

Emjay,
I am really glad I don't have all the leftovers laying around my house. Everything that I fixed for the inlaws stayed with them. Lots of cookies and homemade bread but that is okay cause they arn't watching their weight. Mom knows I am trying to lose weight so she only sent us each a slice of pie and some turkey. I made turkey melts last night and they were so good. A little high in calories after the cheese and mayo but worth every fattening calorie:devil: Don't worry my whole daily calorie intake was still 1385.

Did you get the taebo workout from your sister? I bought yet another one this weekend. It is a butt and abs workout. I watched it yesterday and it is an hour of moves that focus on the butt and abs, looks like a major workout.

Well I am gonna go I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

I didn't get the taebo tape yet. I almost forgot about it with all the hustle and bustle. I'll have to call may sister about that.

I feel yucky today, headache and nausea. I so don't feel like working out. I hate when that happens. I hope I feel fine tomorrow and it is not a flu bug or something.

Wow, an hour taebo tape that would be a heck of a workout. Good luck w/ it.

MJ

Yet another cold and glumy day. I am ready for spring and sunshine. It has been cold and foggy since Christmas and now it is raining.

I am thinking of taking my calories up to 1400-1500. I have been stuck at 192 so I want to see if that helps any. I haven't started my new workout yet. It looks really hard. I want to get healthy not kill myself:devil:

Sorry so short but it is about that time to start my chicken for supper. Have a great evening.

Jen

Jen,

OMG, the weather is exactly the same here. It is so depressing. Almost all the snow has melted and I am living in a big mud hole. I have to travel down a series of gravel roads to get to a paved one from my house, it is so nasty. My truck is usually blue but right now it is brown, gross. I'm thinking about going to a tanning salon. I rarely ever do but when I travel south I like to get a base tan so I don't burn horribly when I get there plus I think the warm sun rays would be awesome right now. And sometimes being tan aids in weight loss efforts I think, if you feel better about the way you look it's motivating, for me anyways. I don't tan very well so I rarely ever waste the money on it but it might be nice right now.

The calorie increase may be just what you need, especially if you are excercising a lot. Are you still getting breakfast in? I have never had the breakfast problem (I'm hungry when I wake up) but others I have done WW with have had to force themselves to eat it in order to lose weight. Have you ever tried any of the Kashi cereals? They are full of fiber and you don't have to eat a lot of it to feel full. My favorite is the "Go Lean".

Oh yeah, I did the 2-mile watp tape today. I have to report that daily to keep myself accountable. I'm going to try hard not to skip more than one day per week. It is so essential.

Talk to you later, MJ

Tanning!!! I am so jealous. I would love to tan but I have such a light complection that I fry, and dont' get dark at all. I agree about feeling good being a great motivator.

Breakfast is going great. I bought some cinamon and apple instant oatmeal. For 110 calories it is pretty filling and really tasty. I would like to get some other flavors but it was the only low sugar kind that they carried at the grocery store.

I didn't do so well upping my calories today. I still come out with a little over 1200. I am going to have to sneak in another snack or eat one with more calories.

Being held accountable helps. I think having my weightloss ticker helps keep me inline. Everyone can see if I am losing or not and I don't want to be the only one with it not moving.
I think I am going to try my new workout int the morning. We will see how it goes. Well I will talk to you tomorrow.
Jen

Jen,

How did the new workout go? Today I'm going to dig out an old step aerobic tape and do that for variety or maybe do the susan powter one. Something different though. I bid on a watp set on ebay and got it, hasn't come in the mail yet though. I think I already have the tapes in it though but I really wanted it for the "walk away belt" ( a belt that has resistant cords attached to it for each hand for upper body work, I have been using 2.5 lbs. hand weights instead). The only other way you can buy it is in a starter set on the watp website for $39.99 + tax + S&H. They don't sell it individually:?: I got it for $31.00 on ebay and that is incl. shipping:smug: Can't wait for it to get here. I've never got ripped off on ebay yet hopefully this isn't the time I do, lol.

Well have a great day.

MJ

My ebay package came today! I got it right as I was preparing to do a different tape. I had a nice surprise because I was expecting the "for the abs" tape to be incl. which I already have the 1 and 2-mile for the abs. But this one has the 1, 2, and 3-mile for the abs dvd. I did 3-mile w/ the belt and loved it, it was the most intensive one I've done to date. Now I can give my 1 and 2 mile dvd away to someone who wants it. Well I just had to tell you that I was so excited, and still very motivated.

MJ

Wow, we are in the support group area of the forum now. I was wondering when that was going to happen?!?! I am chatty today, you're probably like, "Can someone shut her up please".

Talk to ya later. MJ

Emjay,

My workout was tough. Definatly could feel it working. I have often thought about bidding on ebay but never really have. I know my brother bid on concert tickets, but he ended up getting them cheaper elsewhere.

As I am sitting here I have my tv on and there is another one of the miracle diet pill comercials. Those just drive me nuts. If it really was that easy and they all really worked, no one would be fat. Sorry hits a nerve. Lets make money off of false hopes. Oh well I am doing it all natural and will have that to show for in the end. Sorry end of rant.

Congrats on the belt, I bet that will make a difference in your workout. I know when I use my bands with taebo I can really feel it. I don't do it often enough cause it is so hard.

Well I'm off to do whatever it is I do all day. :D Well actually I have Christmas decorations to pack back up. That will keep me busy until Charmed comes on.
Have a nice afternoon. Maybe the sun will peak out from behind the clouds.
Jen

Hey glad you got your workouts, and don't worry, I get chatty too. I am excited about being moved!! Kinda cool in a way. Okay now I really have to go get some work done.
Jen

I just thought I would check in again. I am going out of town until Monday afternoon. I weighed in early and was down to 190. Now lets hope I am good this weekend.:o Okay really it shouldn't be a problem. I dont' drink much.
I will get up early in the morning and do a workout before we take off. I will also take one of my dvds with me. That is one of the many great benefits to having them. You can take them anywhere. Well it is getting late and I have some packing to do. I will talk to you again Monday evening. Good luck with your weekend.
Jen

Jen,

Whoops, hit the wrong button. Anyway, I hope you had a good weekend. Mine wasn't bad, I don't think I blew it w/ food as badly as I did last weekend. I skipped my workout yesterday but did 2-miles today and definately won't skip tomorrow. I have been helping my niece paint in her new house for the past two days and did not get sore, I attribute that to the upper body workout I have been getting with watp. She on the other hand is only 25 and has been sore from it. That made me feel pretty good (well not that she was sore but that I am getting in better shape). Little things like that are motivating.

Well talk to you soon.

MJ

I made it through the day! I even exercised! It was tough but I did it. I'm pretty proud of myself. http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...2/150/257/.png

Trina,

Good for you. I'm really getting back on track now too after the holidays. I did my 1-mile watp tape today but have challenged myself to do my 3-mile everyday this week. Time to really kick it into gear. Good luck to you and I'm glad you popped in again. Talk to you soon.

MJ

Trina,
Nice to see you around again. Keep posting away! What kind of workout did you do? Keep it up and you will feel great in no time.

Emjay,
Wow, what a weekend. I know I killed myself on food, and no water. I know I was retaining water cause Sunday night my hands were swollen. Too much salt and not enough water. We spent all Saturday on the road, road trippin. So of course my food choices were steered of course because you can't get healthy low cal food at most conveince stores. Ahh. Then we spent the weekend at my brother in law's house. Well he is single and has absolutely no food in the house. I have no idea what he eats. And being the tiny little town that it is nothing is open so our only food choices are to go to the local bar. Any way I have survied and am back on track today. I slept in but once I finally got out of bed I did my workout and ate my oatmeal. I am really getting addicted to that stuff. Well i think i have rambled on long enough. I will talk to you again later.
Jen

Jen,

Well your weekend didn't sound too fun. Aren't you so glad the holidays are over though? I am. I did not do my workout today. But I was at my job, cleaning and doing laundry for a family of five. I think it is quite a workout in itself, considering all the bedrooms are on the second floor and the washer/dryer on on the first. And I change bedding on 4 beds, vacuum, sweep, mop, etc. I think it counts. I'm usually there about 8 hrs. and never feeling like working out when I get home. Well back on track tomorrow though. Oh yah, I almost forgot, I'm down 1 pound today. I'm happy but hopefully will do better next week. Talk to you soon.

MJ

Emjay,
This morning when I posted I forgot to congratulate you on your new upper body strength. Feels wonderful don't it. Glad to hear that the new workout belt is working so wonderfully for you.
Yes I am glad the holidays are over, I do love Christmas but this year has been slightly stressful. Now I can really focus on losing weight.
Sounds like you do keep really busy cleaning. Holy cow, I hate cleaning up after my little family.
Congrats on the loss, hey one pound is still one pound of fat gone forever, but I know how much better a bigger loss feels. Well I am off to get my youngest ready for bed. Talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

I have completed my 3-mile watp this AM already. My goal is to do that one everyday this week. I have two 3-milers so I can mix them up. But, I'm going to work extra hard for a bigger loss this week.

Have a great day!

MJ

Emjay,

Good morning. Mine seems to be one of those days were I should have stayed in bed. Yesterday I did the nasty job of cleaning dog poop out of my yard. I have a golden retreiver so this is something that must be done often. Well needless to say I got some of the nasty stuff on my shoes. So I washed them in the washer and left them on the lid to dry. Well when my husband got ready for bed he threw his dirty laundry on top of my shoes. I guess I should be glad he didn't leave them on the floor. So anyway this morning they are still wet and I am not brave enough to do taebo barefoot so I am putting off working out until this afternoon.

And my printer keeps telling me I have the wrong ink cartridge in. I bought it brand new before Christmas and have printed with it and now all of a sudden it won't work, the thing is is it is the right one. Okay sorry to rant.

The calorie counting is going well. I had grilled chicken and cheesy beens for supper last night. I had chocolate cake for desert. It was from a mix and I modified it a bit. Instead of eggs and oil I just put a can of diet dr pepper in it so the cake itself only had 170 calories. Then I frosted it with fat free sugar free butterscotch pudding. So it came out to being a little over 200 calories rather than over 300. Tastes pretty good too. Of course not anything like home made but not bad.

Well sorry to make this so long. I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Wow, sounds like a bad day. Hope your evening is better. My day has been OK. I got a lot of laundry done at home this morning and then off to clean a house. My sisters house today, 4 hours to clean the kitchen and bathroom (yikes). But I cleaned out a few cupboards too. I did have time to get in my 3-miler so I am still hitting my goal. I really notice a difference after I do the 3-mile. For one thing I am hungrier. I don't mind it though because I know my metabolism is kicked in. I think my metabolism is quite slow if I don't excercise unfortunately.

I have never heard of doing a cake w/ a can of soda. I have replaced eggs and oil w/ egg whites and applesauce before wich cuts the cals and fat alot but I think leaves it quite dry. Is it pretty moist w/ the soda? I made banana bread yesterday (had some brown bananas in a holiday fruit basket that had to be used). But I'm proud to say I gave almost all of it away. My hubby isn't too keen on baked goods or sweets in general so I cannot rely on him to demolish it. I left myself just enough to enjoy for a few days.

Well talk to you later.

MJ

My day did get better. I went shopping and bought Wedding Crashers. We are going to watch it this evening. I didn't get my workout in but I met my mother in Fremont to pick my daughter up. She was staying with her. Everyone wanted to eat at Wendy's. I had a salad and it was pretty good. So I am proud of that. No greasy fries and burgers.
I think that cake with soda is pretty moist. Not dry at all. I think next time I will try cupcakes since I love cake so much.
Well off to fix supper. Talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Good for you w/ Wendy's. I don't visit fast food restaurants very often but when I do I almost always get a sandwich and fries, or sometimes a sandwich and a shake. I love ice cream. Unfortunately in my later years I have become somewhat lactose intolerant, it's kinda been a good thing and a bad thing, keeps me away from ice cream a little. Subway is my fast food of choice usually, and that helps keep cals and fat down. Oh yeah, I love cake too, especially really good cake. I'll attend a wedding just for the cake. Gee I wonder why I'm overweight?!?!

I haven't done my 3-miler yet today but I'm gonna. I thought about going back down to the basement, I think I have a buns of steel tape down there. I might add that into the mix. I really need to concentrate on my butt before FL. Although, my husband commented that my butt did look smaller. I think I'm toning up considerably. I wish I would have taken my measurements, I never do though, just watch the scale and how clothes fit. Oh yeah, my sister still says she is going to dig up the taebo tape. I wish she'd hurry!

Well talk to you soon.

MJ

I know just what you mean about the Burger and Fries. I love Burger king. They have the best fries (other than homemade, but nothing beats homemade). I used to be a Whopper girl, or a chicken whopper. Well it got so my poor husband was getting stuck with half my meal so now if I do feel the need to splurge I get a cheeseburger kids meal. Not as good but it is enough food for me.

If you don't do your workout first thing how do you manage to fit it in? It throws my whole day off if I don't do mine before all else. Yesterday I felt lost, which was wonderful in a way because that means the workouts are really becoming a part of my everyday life. I feel bad on Sundays when I don't work out but I do have to give my body a rest.

If your sister does remember the taebo that will work wonders on your butt. I know I can feel mine has gotten harder. Don't the comments from your hubby feel great. I know mine has gotten so much more touchy feely. I love it. Although he says it isn't all from the weight loss. He says my mood is much better and I am much more receptive to being touched again. Which is true, I don't feel like I have so much to hide anymore. And i love when he can feel my muscles. This weightloss has done wonders for me. I'm not nearly as depressed as I used to be. It got to the point that my hubby and I were talking about meds. Scary. but no longer an issue. I do still have my bad days but we all do and I just blame them on hormones.

Oh my I have gone and typed and typed and typed. :o I do that at times. Well I will let you go for now. Talk to you again soon.
Jen

Jen,

Yeah the late workout does throw me off a little. I just finished the 2-mile (didn't start it until almost 5PM) probably would have done 3-mile if I would have done it earlier. I typically don't workout first thing in the AM though. If I do I feel more tired thru the day for some reason, I know that is opposite for most people. I usually do it between 10A and 1P, and the longer I wait the less likely I am to do it. But w/ the weekend here I felt I must. I had to go to the grocery store and post office this AM so that screwed me up.

I too have tons more self confidence when I am losing weight and working out. It definately affects my relationship. I notice it even enables me to do more things and go more places. Fat is depressing. You are so lucky that you did not have to resort to meds, they have so many adverse effects on people. I know that they are a godsend for some people but I think they are best used as a last resort. My sister takes something, mostly for anxiety (a little depression too) but she sleeps so much now. A lot of us who have noticed a big difference in her are kinda worried.

Well this is my second post today I guess I better get back to cleaning my house. It's terrible, I clean other peoples houses and mine always gets put on the back burner. Oh well!

MJ

I know what you mean about a messy house. Mine looks like it was hit by a tornado. The good news is it isn't a filthy nasty mess. It is I have two small children with a ton of toys lived in kinda mess. The socks I matched last night are still sitting in the corner on the living room floor and blankets on the couch to be folded. We won't even discuss the girls bedroom:devil: At least they don't sit and watch tv all day. I do let them watch Dora, Blues Clues and a couple other Nick Jr cartoons in th am but for the most part they are good for them and it gives me time to do house work.

I only did a 25 minute workout this morning. I didn't get much sleep last night. First of all I was up way too late chatting with my brother. But within an hour of going to bed I woke up with a toothache. I fought that for a couple of hours. Then my 2 year old crawled in bed with us twice.

I think this afternoon my husband and I are going to go for a walk or something. That might be really nice.
Well I spose I should get going, before I type the day away. Too bad my fingers don't burn enough calories to count as a workout.;) I'll talk to you later.
Jen

Hey Jen,

I typed a big long post earlier today and lost it when it said I wasn't logged in (when I was). Arghh, I hate when that happens. So this should be short cuz it's getting late and I need to start getting to bed earlier. I have been getting in the bad habit of staying up late and sleeping in. It has to stop, I don't feel productive enough when I do that.

Did 2-mile today, waited too late again and that is all I had time for. Plan on getting up early tomorrow for 3-mile. I must say my eating was not great today, too much salt and too much fat. I'll do better tomorrow, although, I am craving a home cooked breakfast and I think I will do that tomorrow am. I'm talking pancakes and everything. I will just be sure to watch it the rest of the day.

Hey, how was wedding crashers? My niece is doing Netflix and she has that one coming. I heard it was good and will probably join her in watching it this week. We watched 40 y/o virgin last week and it was hilarious, quite risque but hilarious.

Well got to go.

MJ

Wedding Crashers was so funny. I loved it and I am glad I bought it.

I hate when posts get lost.
Well I didn't weigh myself this morning. That time of the month and I am always up a few pounds then so I thought I would spare myself this week.
Well this is going to be short. When the hubby is home he feels neglected if I play on the computer too long. I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

I know what you mean about that time of the month. I can feel PMS coming on so I am sure next week's weigh-in for me will be a bummer. I have high hopes for this one though. I'm changing my weigh-in day to Monday, so thats tomorrow. Talk to you later.

MJ

Well Monday is here and time to start another week. I need to put this weekend behind me. My eating wasn't the greatest. Weekends are hard enough with my husband home and all the running around we do. Saturday started out great. Then Sat afternoon we went to look at house. It was okay but we weren't sure we wanted to move to Fremont so we wanted to talk about it. Well we told the lady we would discuss it and get back to her later that afternoon. Well an hour later when I called her she told me she let the kids that looked at it after us have it. Man was I pissed. Not because I wanted it but because we had been there first and she didn't give us a chance to say yes or no. Oh well I take it as a sign. Anyway I bought M&Ms when we got gas, I did make my husband eat most of them but still it was a no no, and yesterday was no better. I want to blame PMS and chocolate cravings but I should have more control.

I did my taebo fat blaster workout this morning and now off to pick up the toys that manage to cover what seems like my entire floor. Talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Well that sucks about the house. But you are right, probably a sign. How far is Fremont from where you live now?

Well I weighed in today and I am down one pound. I wish it were more but I guess I am going to be happy w/ 1 lbs. a week. I think I probably need to think about cutting calories though. I did so-so this weekend, not too bad though. So were the m&m the first candy you have had in a long time? I eat a peice or two of chocolate almost everyday. I love it. I can usually go w/o salty snacks but I crave chocolate frequently.

Well talk to you later.

MJ

Well today is off to a good start. Well a little behind schedule but off all the same. I started out on the phone rather than working out so I didn't get to taebo until 10 so I just finished. My mother wants to take my girls home with her which I never care but Liz gets really homesick really fast and I can't just run down and get her so we were trying to work something out.

I also called around looking for daycare. I am thinking about going back to work. Money is getting tight with me staying home and I want to go back to school and that is going to be expensive so I figure I should go back. I don't mind I just hate what daycare cost. If I can get them into the daycare I had them before I get an employee discount, but that is if they have openings, other wise it is going to cost between 200 and 300 and week. Ouch.

No the M&Ms were't the first candy. I have a treat every couple of days, I just make it a small one and my reason for eating it was all wrong. I live in Blair and Fremont is about 20 minutes away. Omaha is 20 minutes south of here.

Well I am off to figure out what to do next. my house is clean so I really don't have much to do. That is another reason I need to go back to work. I get bored and I can't tolerate to sit and watch tv all day-well unless I am sick or in a movie marathon mood.
WEll I will talk to you later.
Jen