Hello on a Friday night. Kristy--I understand your frustration. Have you talked to your doctor? I'm wondering if there might be an organic reason for your not losing. Have you had your thyroid checked? It could be something like that. See the doc, have a checkup, see what he says. And it's true--some bodies ARE naturally heavier. But you WILL lose--you just need to find out what's going on. For now, keep drinking your water, exercise (but don't over-exercise). Watch your portions--could this be the problem? Have lean protein, lots of fresh veggies, fruit, lowfat milk..... you know. It will be ok. Love to you, Marion:)

Hey ladies.. do me a HUGE favor.... email me your stats.... I am so sorry that I haven't been able to keep up... Trying to get EVERYTHING done is impossible.... [email protected] If you can get these to me by Tuesday I will have the monthly totals up by Wednesday (going to try something different)...

Kristy... I would DEFINITELY increase your cardio... I am doing AT LEAST 45 minutes a day and I am HOPING that I drop weight this week. I know that with me, I need to kick up my cardio to start that fat burning....

Talk soon!

OK girls, looks like we are able to get things back to normal around here. How was everyone's weekend? I don't know where mine went. I'm guessing that most of ya'll weigh in today, but I'm not sure. If you are....good luck! I'm going to kick up my housecleaning mode some and see if I can burn off a few extra calories today. My little girl had a very fitful night last night, and my husband and I are near exhaustion. I don't know what in the world was wrong with her; I just hope we don't have another one of them tonight.

Hope everyone was able to do the situps/crunches. I forgot to do mine a couple of days! Got to make it at one special time so that I can remember to do them. Well, I hope that all of you have a wonderful Monday, and week to follow!

Thanks Kristy... I need to update....

Hope all is well with everyone... I weigh in tonight after my 1st week of weight training and going back to the gym... I did 75 minutes of quality cardio Sat and 45 yesterday before the Super Bowl... I watched my foods (I did cheat yesterday) but I am off my monthly AND I should LOSE... Not guaranteeing ANYTHING...lol

Talk soon.... needs weights by the weigh...lol

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm not having a very good day so I'm going to make this quick.

Starting Weight - 270
Current Weight - 210
Goal Weight - 200 (April Fools Challenge) and 160 (Long term Goal)

Hi all

Well I feel pretty yucky today but was still able to do my treadmill for 15 minutes and do my 8 minute abs video. I guess my hard work has paid off because I have lost 3 1/2 pounds this last week...I am at 229 now!!!!!

Kristy- congrats on the loss. Good for you for sticking with it even when it felt frustrating.

Deanna- great job on the workout! That's amazing!

WileyB- sorry to hear you had such a tough night. I am sending good wishes your way for a more restful night today!

Morgan- sorry to hear you are having a yucky day. Let me know if there is anything I can do...even if you just need to rant and rave.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week and an excellent weigh in!

Hello everyone...I had a great weekend...I've got my crunches in every day...so far I have 295 monutes of exercise in for Feb...I actually lost 1.5lbs this week but I'm going to start using my new scale which is off by 1.5lbs...so ticker is not going to chance this week..

Kristy - congrats on the loss...I knew you could do it..

Vanessa - way to go.....3.5lbs is awesome

Donna - congrats on your loss!:carrot: ...and great job on your exercise! Even though it doesn't show up on your new scale, you know you lost it, and that is even more important than a number.

Woo Hoo Kristy! :carrot: Way to Go! You silly girl, all that fretting for nothing...that's ok, we've all already been there and done that too. I think that is exactly why we are all here. To listen to each other when we think that we just can't go on anymore. I think anyone trying to lose weight needs some kind of verbal motivation to help them out every now and then. You might need to get a new scale....is yours accurate each time or does it fluctuate wildly? Just a thought....

Deanna - you are an exercise machine girl! ;) Way to go with keeping yourself in there and getting your exercise. We all know how much of a difference it can make, and your doing an excellent job with yours! Congratulations!

Vanessa - WAAAAY to GOOOO! Wow! Over three pounds? That's wonderful! :carrot: Keep doing what your doing....it definitely seems to be working to your advantage! Thanks for the good night wishes, she was a little fussy til about 3 am, and then she passed out and we all slept soundly. It was great!

Morgan, sorry to hear you are feeling yucky....We've all been there too. When I'm like that, I find a movie that makes me laugh, and it always seems to lift my spirits a little. I know it may sound silly, but it works for me. Whatever else, know that we all care about you and hope that you are feeling much, much better soon! Lots of Hugs. :hug:

General note here - can anyone tell me why I can't get my big smilie list to come up anymore. We switched to earthlink, and I can't get that big list of smilies anymore. Each time I click on [More], a sound like bo dunk plays, and the box flashes up for a split second, and then nothing....Does my computer think it is a pop up?

Where is our wonderful Gloria at?....she's missing.....She hasn't been on here since 1-31....no sunday email...I hope she's ok...who's makes the challenge this week..

Wasnt Gloria having problems with the storms and her electricity? Sounds like we should just keep going with last weeks challenge? Just a thought.

As for the list of smilies....sounds like your computer thinks its a pop - up. Try hitting the CTRL button while clicking on more.....see if it works, if it does, your computer def thinks its a pop up.

Thanks for the support guys, been a little crazy here. Talk later, I need to get ready for dreaded work.

yes she was having storms..I sure hope she hasn't been without power for 7 days now...I'm game for staying with last weeks challenge...I'm sure we all could use the crunchs and to make it more of a habbit of doing them..

Hey ladies... Haven't been on much at all and I apologize... I have a ctually been going to bed early.... I wanted to let you know though... I weighed in Monday and I was down 3.5 pounds... I am very excited and have been putting in MUCH more time watching my intake and exercising... I knew the Body Shop would make a difference...

We are heading to Cleveland again this weekend... Hubby has a euthanasia course that he has to attend and we get to spend the weekend in a hotel..loll They do have a jacuzzi and a pool, fitness center (24 hours) and personal fitness with tapes that you can use in your rooms... HOW COOL IS THAT??? I am also excited about the down comforters and 300 thread count sheets.... I may not want to come home...lol

Still updating... thanks for all that have sent their stats.... Talk soon ladies...

Hey girls! Hope everyone is doing good. Not hearing much from ya'll....:?:

Well, I weighed in yesterday, and was up half a pound. It probably didn't help that I drank about a gallon of tea before I went to weigh in. Not sure if that makes that much of a difference or not. But that's ok, I know that I will get it off eventually. Our weather is so kooky here, and it blows cold most of the time right now so my "walks" to the post office have been postponed some. I just don't want to get my baby girl out in that cold weather. Still paying for her birth, can't afford any more doctor bills right now! :bb:

Deanna, hope that you have a wonderful weekend. Sounds like a lot of fun. Do some extra laps in that pool for me. I told my husband that before I die, I have to have a pool at some point in my life at my house. A real one that you can actually do laps in. I'm somewhat of a "fish". I get along very well with the water - husband sinks like a rock. :(

Morgan, that worked, holding the CTRL key when I hit More. Thanks! It's good to have my smilies back! :D

Well, I hope that everyone is doing good on their food, water, and exercise. Hopefully, everything is ok with Gloria and we will hear from her soon. Til then, ya'll keep plugging away and have a great day! :wave:

Glad to hear that everyone is doing so well! The posts were getting slow, I was wondering if anyone was going to post at all!

Sounds like your doing well with paying attention to your intake and exercise Deanna! CONGRATS on your loss! You certainly deserve this weekend of relaxation from the sounds of it! Sleep a couple of hours for me! MMMMMM 300 thread count sheets.....comfy comfy comfy.

WileyB, I am sure your half a pound was just from the iced tea, but its still discouraging I know. Keep up the work, it will pay off in the end.

So, I found out that I have dangerous amounts of protein in my urine. Its had me pretty down the last couple of days. The night I went to the ER for my blood pressure, they did a urine test and those results came in the other day. They ran some more tests the other day to test my kidney function, so I am hoping those come back okay. The amount of protein in my urine supports some kidney failure so I am really anxious about it. It seems like since I had my daughter, its been one thing after another and to top it off.....my wisdom teeth have decided to make their appearance so I am sure I will be visiting the dentist soon *shudders* I HATE the dentist! Anyhow, thats why I have been kind of down lately and not posting as much. This too shall pass?! Cross your fingers for me, I have no more fingers left cross over here.

On a happier note, I have been losing like crazy! My new blood pressure medication is a diuretic so the water has been coming off of me like it was going out of style. I weighed two days ago and was down 3.5 pounds and then weighed again today and was down another 2. I guess I'm not complaining, but I wish it was from my hard work and not a medication.

You all have a great weekend!! My hubby is going winter camping with 15 of his buddies so its just me and the little lady for 3 days. I'm a little nervous because its our first 3 days without being able to hand her off to Daddy for a little Mommy time. Its looking like the jumper is going to be a lifesaver for me!!

Ciao Chicas!

Hello ladies...where is everyone....well I'm hoping this is my last week of running two stores...it sure is dragging me down....I'm still getting in my exercise and eating good but not getting enough sleep...Hope tomorrows weigh-in is good.
my daughter got her first job and started work this week at a steakhouse called Saltgrass...so now I get a little bit of quite when I get home.lol...but she comes home all wound up

Deanna - WTG 3.5lbs is great...sure wish I would drop that much in a week..I'm stuck with just losing about 1lb per week...sounds like your going to have a nice relaxing weekend...enjoy yourself you deserve it

WilleyB - your .5lbs is probably from your tea...thats alot of fluid you took in....Are you still going to weighin tomorrow?...Glad you got your smilies back.

Morgan - sorry to hear about your new problem...hope your tests all come out okay...good job on the loss even if its water it still counts....try to have a good weekend

Hello Ladies,

How is everyone doing? I hope you are all loosing. I thought I was but I haven't got on the scale. Now I am getting ready for the old mother period. lol So I won't weigh myself. I have been so busy with my full time job. I will say I do walk alot. But I quit drinking my water! :( I have been drinking the diet soda again. I miss you all and hopw all is well. I will try to check in more often.
One of the MIxed nuts
Anske

where is everyone? hope everyone is doing great...I'm doing good and still doing our stomach exercises...I'm at 432 minutes for exercise this month and eating great with no bad days this week...

everyone please come back...where are all my friends?

Well, I'm here, but I wonder how everyone else is doing? For some reason, we've been running around like chickens with our heads cut off around my house! Too much to do, and not enough time to do it in. Doing as well as can be expected I guess. Got satellite hooked back up, and now I am once again addicted to the Olympics.

Hope everyone is doing great. Got baby girl in other arm, and it is hard to type with just one or two free fingers. Will talk to you all later.

Hi Group, Sorry not to have been around much. I'm also wondering where everyone is, and I'm worried about Gloria. Are we all in a big slump? Hmmm... I'm doing a lot of walking, and and healthy eating--just my vegetables, fruit, tofu, soymilk, oatmeal (whole oats that I cook). I have soup, just tomato, vegetarian vegetable and vegetable broth. I know it dounds boring and dull as ****, but I'm used to it and I really don't have much appetite or interest in food any more! I'm down to 138 ( I've lost 4 pounds) and my goal is STILL 120. I'd love to make it by my birthday (May 4). Would you believe I'll be 60? yikes!!! But by the Summer (or Fall) will be fine, just so I get there! Talk to you soon, I hope...... Marion :)

Oh Marion - how I wish I weighed that! You rock! :carrot:

Marion - WAY TO GO...4lbs is great..

well I weighed in today and I'm doing my usual down 1.2lbs....I just can't seem to drop more than 1lb at a time but I guess as long as I'm losing I can't complain...I'm also now at 492 minutes of exercise for the month..

Ohhh.... I didn't know that we were counting minutes.... (or are we?).... It's been forever since I have had time... Just got back in town late last ngiht and I am at school now... I'll write more later!!!!

Sorry its been a while guys. Kelsey has pnuemonia. I've been holding a sick baby for the last 3 days. ARGH. Shes on some breathing treatments and guess what, she hates them....figures.

I havent exercised in almost a week! I feel like crap, I didnt realize how much my body was actually getting used to the exercising, it actually likes it! Hopefully we will get a little sleep tonight and perhaps Billy and I can have a one on one tomorrow sometime. We will see.

I will write more later shes finally sleeping and I need some "me" time.

Glad to hear you all are doing so well!! Keep up the great work!

Hi all
Sorry I have been MIA for a bit. Things have been a bit crazy lately...but in a good way. I kinda met someone and I have been spending a lot of time talking with him...but I won't neglect my girls...we're all in this together!

So today was my weigh in and I am down 6 pounds (222.5) since last week. I am a bit concerned about this since I know it isn't healthy to lose that much that quickly. Maybe it's just a fluke...who knows!

Morgan- sorry to hear about your health problems and your little angel's. I am sending good wishes your way. I hope you both heal very quickly.

Marion and Donna (and all else who lost weight)- GREAT JOB! Even if the loss is slow sometimes...it still is progress in the right direction...so just don't give up!

Sorry I don't have time for a long, involved message but I have a ton of homework that is due tomorrow. I hope everyone has a happy, healthy week!

no the counting exercise minutes is just a personal goal I made for myself ...I want to reach 1000 minutes of exercise for this month...sorry if I confused anyone...I'm just happy that I'm doing it ...trying to make it a habit and trying to bet last months

Hello Mixed nuts

I hope you all have not forgotten me. I started a full time job and have not been on since. Well a lot of things have happened since then. My father in law got very sick. He passed away on the 11th. At age 54. :( My daughter might have ADD. Things have seemed to fall apart. I quit my job to be there for my mother in law and my kids. The jod stunk though. I wasn't treated very well by some. I told my Hubby that I didn't need the added stress in my life to work there. And now I am finding my self eatting!!!
I am in bad shape. I am going to get myself back into the grove! I missed all the suport I had before I got my job. But I am here now!

Anske......we're posting under a new thread now, "Mixed Nuts", so go there. It's good to see you again. I'm sorry you've been having such a hard time. I hope we can give you some support. Keep in touch, and take care. Marion