Good morning!!! Well, we're supposed to be getting more rain today... (i'm a bit water logged) but it's back to the ol' grindstone this week. I slacked off the past week & 1/2 so we're back in the saddle again and I'm seriously sticking to it (god, I'm full of cliche's this morning, sorry)

I plan on doing the elliptical, weight training arms, and sit ups tonight....and plan on hitting the gym every day this week to make up for lost time. Hubby is going to the field in late Sept and off to Warrior's Leaders Course in October so I'll have plenty of time to hit the gym with no distractions.

Krista, no gown picked out yet. Scared to go try them on...I hate my arms, stupid bat wings....the rest of me doesn't look THAT big, but I am so ashamed of my arms, and of course everything is sleeveless....we'll see...I'll probably go last minute and get something. It doesn't help that I don't have any good shopping buddies either :(

oh well, enough of my griping, good luck and get on it ladies!!

Hello Everyone!! :)

married2asoldier~ That is so wonderful that you heard from your hubbs. That helps so much when they get a chance to call home. Also, Congrats to you on your weight loss. :carrot: Your doing a great job with your weight loss, keep up the good work!! I am fixing to start taebo myself today so wish me luck. *lol*

I weighed in this morning unfortunately, I didn't loose anything. However I didn't gain either so that is okay. I'm just going to continue with my exercising and watching my foods and hopefully next Tuesday I'll see some kind of loss.

Hey Chicks!!!!
 

Hey chickadees. I haven't posted in almost a week. I have been busy at work then went away this holiday weekend. On friday when I weighed in - I had lost 1 pound. I think I gained it back this weekend ( too much food and not enough smart choices while at cousins house this weekend) . I will weigh in the morning. Just couldn't bring myself to do it this morning.

Jenn, does your husband work as many hours as mine does recruiting? It is crazy. Every Saturday for the most part unless they are at goal. Coming home after 10pm. I wish he was back on the ship, I saw him more. LOL

Ladies, it is great to be back and motivated to keep going even though I got off track.

Missy, I got a bunch of rain last week too. I heard you all down there took the brunt of it though. I know and now it is freakin raining today. Well husband is down in Yorktown for a couple days of training. At least I can get my exercise in and dinner will be healthy.

I have Navy ball to attend in November, so I know how you ladies feel. I would love to be skinnier this year than last year. I hate going to these things as the fat wife. :mad:

Apolline - :welcome3:, Krista! Glad to have you with us!!!!

:hug: to everyone and I hope everyone has an OP day!

n2luvnlife~ Yep... my hubbs works crazy hours. Works till atleast ten and nearly every single Saturday. Every big blue moon he may get a Sat. off but very rarely. When he was in a regular unit, I did see him more. This is crazy. It's bad enough that I don't get to see him that much but I know it's even harder on the kids. :(

Hooray!!!!
 

Ladies, ladies, ladies!!! How is everyone's Hump Day going?? Well, despite a hard core stressful day at work today (payroll is a beeeyotch if ya know what I mean!!) I came home, had a decently healthy dinner, and then I went to the gym. Here's where the fun starts:

I had been on the elliptical for 15 minutes and my feet started falling asleep (for some unknown reason, and it drives me NUTS!!) so I decided to go on the treadmill. Well, I decided to see what I could comfortablly do a mile in....and- let's see, last time I TRIED, I could BARELY push out a mile in 15:30. This time....12 MINUTES!!!!! I'm so pumped I'm practically shaking!! My ultimate goal is to run a mile in 10 mintues, so I only have 2 minutes to shave off. I've decided that I will weigh myself every day as well, but make official weigh in day on Sunday, so I'll post an update then, so as not to get my hopes up with the day to day fluctuations.

Now I am relaxing with a glass of wine, and will eventually get off the computer and get on the ab lounger and knock out about 100 sit ups. I have GOT to be in the 180's...if not in the 170's by Christmas. I've been really good about drinking all my water and eating several small meals a day, consuming only 1500 calories...so as long as I stick to rigorous exercise I should be seeing some hard core results.

Ladies whose hubbies are deployed or getting ready....in the words of New Kids on the Block, "hang tough" The only thing that kept me going when hubby was in Korea, then in Iraq was looking at p ictures, cherishing each phone call, reading books like "Romancing Your Husband" (I STRONGLY recommend this book, it's by Debra White Smith, and the "Power of a Praying Wife" by Stormie O'Martin. Those books made me want to be 8 million times a better wife, and really made the times we talked awesome-check em out if you have the time & $$ (they are cheap) Also, avoid fighting at all costs, really....weigh it out...is ti worth fighting when you don't know if you will talk to him next? I just always kept things light....worked out a ton....worked, just kept busy busy busy and surrounded myself with good friends, be it on the phone, in person, or online :) Ok, I've babbled long enough and I've probably made everyone dizzy :dizzy: , so I'll hush, can't wait to talk to ya'll!!!

Hey everyone!!

I'm the latecomer today.. it's almost midnight here PST so everyone on this board is probably asleep since I'm in a later time zone.

Missy you sound like you're rockin along, that's awesome! I have had experience with my feet going asleep too while I'm on the treadmill. Just stop for a few seconds and shake it out (your foot) and it helps. It should eventually go away. Not sure what causes that. Maybe your toes getting pushed to the front of the shoe. Congrats on your treadmill progress. I can't really 'run' yet on mine. I can do 'sorta running' more like a half jog attempt but I'll keep trying until I can. I can only do about a minute of it at a time... I just feel so out of balance that it's gonna take time to work up to doing well at it.

Apolline
I actually started my diet the day after my hubby went away in June. I always did the best at losing weight when I was single and living alone so I figured what a better time to start, and it kept my mind on a 'project' to keep me busy while hubby was away. Of course it didn't cure the lonliness, we don't have kids so it's just me here. BUT it boosted my mood in general most days (give or take a few bad ones) that I was doing something so great for myself. Hubby is back now and goes away again early October for 6 weeks. I guess all we can do is make the best out of what we have. We don't have any choice in the fact our hubby goes away, so might as well try to get through it the best way we can, right? What better thing to do than look better than ever when they come back :cool:

Sounds like you guys have it rougher than me with your hubby's work schedules. My husband works day shift one week, then evening shift the next (except for when he's away of course). I prefer when he works the day shift because I work my job from home (computer work) so I like the quiet atmosphere in the day and then we can spend the evening together doing something.

n2luvnlife
Don't worry if you gained your 1 back.. if you lost it, it will come back off quickly I think. It's only 1 pound after all and hey you can get that off noooo problem! :hug:

I'll let you know how my week went, tomorrow. Thursday is my 'official' weigh in day, though I get on the scale every morning. I like to be able to predict what my Thursday number will be and not be bummed out waiting all week. I find the scale does fluctuate a lot. Once you get used to seeing it go up and down 2-3 pounds during a week, and realize this is a normal pattern, it doesn't bother you as much after a while.

Talk to you all soon, and keep up the good work everyone!!
:carrot:
~ Angie

Goodmorning!!! :coffee:
I hope that everyones day is going well....
I did some research online on ball gowns WITH sleeves (imagine that!) Here are a few that I found...
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...and I thought this one was just hot.. (no sleeves though...)
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I like the first one - the bright red one - and I LOVE the black one with the half sleeves, that's a beauty!!!

OH the clothes I'm gonna buy when i get to goal.. oh man oh man.. I can't wait!! :cool: Yeah I know I don't have to wait to enjoy clothes, but that dream is part of the fun of it all.

~ Angie

Hi Apolline,

What happened yesterday? Anything we can help you with?
I'm glad you seem pretty cheery today! :D
Yup just move on and today is a new day! Best way to handle that one, it's only one day after all.

Today is friday! yay! :cool:

Life happened, you know? ;)

Krista, I checked out your myspace page. You & I are ALMOST the same height/size. You actually don't even look like you need to lose weight, and it kinda forced me to realize I might be being too hard on myself/my image. I'm probably not as big as I think I am, but my mind definately is one in it's own. But anyways, you're gorgeous, just thought I'd let ya know :) Hope everyone's saturday is going well, I'll post my weight loss/stagnant/gain on Sunday :)

Thank you! That is so sweet of you to say. :hug:
I think we are all harder on ourselves than we are on each other. Also, did you look at all of the pictures, cause some of them are older??? :lol:
It's to bad that you live on the other side of the country, or we could be work-out buddies. I know a lot of women here who go and work out, but they are either in way worse shape than me and I am not getting a good enought work-out, or they are in way better shape than me and I am holding them back. :?:

Haha, yeah that whole 3000 mile span of US between us might hinder a steady workout schedule :)
Speaking of which, we've slacked off ALL freakin weekend...except today, there is still today. I've been stagnant all week which is GOOD considering I've splurged my happy little tail end off....but not good because that could have been spent losing....so, I am going to start drinking slim fast shakes in the morning as a convenience thing with good nutrition because I've been eating rather poorly for breakfast due to a lack of time. That's what we have Monday, a good day to start new habits :) Hope everyone is accomplishing something this weekend!!!

Hoooraaaayyy!!!
 

I DID IT!!!!! I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!!!!!! :carrot: :jig: :dancer: I just got home, and of course you ladies are the first ones I need to tell. I pushed the daylights out of myself, but by God, I ran my mile in 10 minutes!!!:encore: I am so proud of myself, and I actually feel really great! I figure I can start making Sun, Tues, Thurs my run days, and the other days I can have the option (with my conscious being my guide) to hit the gym....(which means of course I'll go.) Hubby has a month long school coming up (Warriors Leaders Course for you Army wives who know what I'm talking about,) and I know that will be a nice jumpstart for me to eat right and work out with no distractions and hopefully build up enough habits to not deter from it when he gets home.
I've almost come to the conclusion that if I honestly want to get back to what I was....I need to form a borderline obbssession with fitness/eating/etc. (that includes taking vitamins and drinking my water) So, obbssession here I come!!

Oo..and it's TOM so I'm sure that didn't contribute to my despair on the scale today...I'm assuming by next weigh-in (sunday) I'll see some positive results :goodscale

Ok ladies, where ya hiding????

Well, today is the beginning of myself kicking my own butt. I have planned out my entire menu for the day, remaining at or below what i want for calories, total fat, cholestoral, etc. taking my vitamins, drinking all my water, working out. I am trying to get my mind into the right frame to stick to this because I've been too wishy washy here over the past couple months. I can't allow myself to splurge so frequently, and I HAVE to really get on the ball losing this weight. Wish me luck. I hope you ladies all did well and saw some results this weekend!!!

Hey Missy Great job on cracking down on yourself and making a plan. I weighed in this week and only lost 1lb but a 1lb is still a loss.... and i knew it would slow down at times. still doing my taebo everyday and some days pilates for dummies lol. Hope everyone else is keeping on track.
~Amber

Can I join in?!

I'm Val, I'm 23... My husband is in the Navy. We just moved from Hawaii to our new duty station in Maryland *BOOOO* We have a 2 year old son named Aidan :). Happy to find you guys!

Val, great to have you here!!!! Of course you are welcome. I'm sure MD is a shock from HI ~!~ Hope everyone is doing well, it's been kinda quiet in here lately...

Hi Everybody...

sorry I wasn't here much on the computer all weekend so I missed posting. We spent some time outdoors just doing different things (hubby and I). He goes away again in October so I want to enjoy him while he's home.

Missy, awesome on the running! I can't run yet.. well, I try small bursts of it but I will work up to more as I get thinner. Make sure you have some good running shoes :hug:

Hi Val nice to meet you! Yes of course you can join in, that's why we're all here! Sorry to hear you moved from Hawaii, sounds like you preferred it there. Right now I am pretty happy where we live, it's beautiful here.

Talk to you all soon! Hope you're all doing well :D

~ Angie

Angie, Glad you are back!! I wonder why so many are MIA lately...hopefully everyone is ok :) Hey, I was wondering, does anyone have FitDay for PC on their computer?? I am contemplating buying it because i believe in the power of not only tracking your progress, but food journalling and monitoring your goals. It seems like a good deal, but wondered if anyone had used it and had any opinions on it. I like the free version online, but the download has so much more to offer. Hope everyone is doing well, tonight is a run night for me!! And I'm off~

Hi everybody ! Hope we're all doing fine.

Me I'm doing pretty well except for gaining back some water weight on the weekend that I'm now trying to flush out. :( Hard to believe I could put on 4.5 pounds in 2 days just from not drinking water huh!?? Yeah, I know, it's crazy! 2 pounds were back off this morning though so I have 2.5 to "P" out before Thursday. WHY OH WHY I don't drink my water on the weekend, KNOWING full well this will happen, I don't know. Grr. :devil:

Missy-

Yes I have the fitday PC version. It is SO worth it, yes. MUCH MUCH better than the online one. I posted a really detailed long review of it about a month ish or more ago.. if you browse through my posts or search maybe you can find it.

Here's a little trick.. When I was logged into the site (when I was using the web version).. I went to read about the PC version because I was thinking of buying it, and it offered me a discount, something like $10 off.. The was $29 and it offered it to me for $19.99 so I bought it.
** I just logged in there now to see if that will still work and yup it does. Log in, and then look at the top of one of your pages and it will say this:
Advanced Weight Loss Software for $20! (and then a link to the page where it will offer it.)

~Angie


*edit*
here's the post about fitday, I found it

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...93&postcount=4

Okay just me bumping this thread back so we don't lose it. Hope everyone's doing fine!

Apolline

Well, there are several kinds of programs you could try.. too many to list really. Depends on the $ you want to spend of course too. If you have $ and want no guess work, you could try one of those food delivery diets that are out now. They deliver your meals to you and there you go, no guess work.

~ Angie

Krista, like Angie said, it all depends on how much $ you want to spend, and how much effort you want to put in it, I mean, there is Slim Fast, the South Beach Diet, Atkins Diet, Weight Watchers, LA Weight Loss, Jenny Craig, NutriSystems, you name it. I kinda made my own with bits and pieces that I've learned from Slim Fast & South Beach diet...overall both have relatively healthy eating habits that've made a big change in my life. But, that's all I have time to write right now...I'll write more later.

Hi Ladies!!

I am one of the ladies who has been MIA :) I have been so busy that I haven't had to much of a chance to get on here. Things should be back on track for now so I should be posting here everyday or so. I got up early this morning and rode 3 miles on the bike and walked a couple of laps around the complex. I guess that's a good way to start a Friday :) I need to get my butt back in gear...:ebike:

Val~ :welcome: It is really nice to meet you.

Angie~ I haven't been getting my water intake either and your right, it will show on the scale. That shows how important it is for everyone to get there 8-8oz glasses of water. I have been guilty as charged on that topic for the past few days :(

Missy~ How's the running coming along? :tread:

Apolline~ Like the girls said, there are so many different types of meal plans out there. It does depend on how much $$ that you do want to spend. I like Atkins personally. The food that is allowed on Atkins has been what I have always kept in the fridge/freezer so I didn't have to go out and buy anything x-tra or attend any special weigh-ins. However I have heard so many success stories here at 3FC on every single meal plan that is available.

I was going for a little bit more low key of an answer. :lol: I found a cookbook that I had bought about a year ago that is all healthy recipies and even had ***TA-DAAAA*** MEAL PLANS! So, it is all taken care of, and my home is fully stocked fo the week. I even took a nice long walk today and then when I was out running errands I bought a pedometer. :running:

I am so impressed at how well everyone is doing!! :cheer:

Hey Everybody!

Happy Saturday! Wow can you believe we're almost at October??

ssgtswife33
Hey nice to see you back! Don't worry about it if you're busy and can't make it here. Lately I've found less interest in posting for some reason... not because I'm not on plan or anything like that. I guess I'm just not a _daily_ poster but I do like it here. In the first weeks I needed more support to keep going I guess.
Awesome that you rode 3 miles on the bike. Is that outdoors or do you have an indoor exercise bike? Keep up the good work. And.. YES absolutely, as much as I really never drank a lot of water, I force it into myself these days. Days where I did not drink it, I stagnated for days and days. I put mine in one of those store bought bottles, I find it easier to 'chug' it from one of those! :dizzy:


Apolline
Glad you found some meal plans to start with, that's great. Sounds like you're on the right track for sure. I try to keep my meals kinda simple just cause I am not really a lover of cooking.
I have a pedometer too, and put mine on everytime we go outside walking. I mostly just track the time with mine but it has other features too.

Missy
Just saying "hi" and hope you're doing well. Let me know how it goes with the fitday program :smug:

~Angie

Hey everyone just checkin in this weekend :) wow its been a productive week but also a icky one it was TOM already lol a week early so that made me not want to work out but i did do my crunches and flutterkicks everyday and i did taebo 5 out of the seven days. Today I picked up a new Taebo tape because the one I had was sooooo old lol and WOW did it kick my butt. Its the two disc total body fat blaster and the fat blaster cardio. Much more intense then my old video but i loved it. How is everyone else doing? stayin strong i hope
~Amber

Good morning!! I'm still trying to pull myself out of a haze, so sleepy!!! It's been a busy weekend, but today was weigh-in day, & I did it! I've lsot 1 lb so far this month...it's been fluctuating so wildly because I wasn't drinking my water, but I did lose that 1 lb, no to see if I can drop 3 more by the end of the month. I've been fairly good about not eating after 7, and drinking my 64+ oz. of water a day. Those little tea packets are AMAZING!!!! Going to the indoor range with DH today, he got a new gun yesterday as a bday present (you know, you think they play with them enough at work, but noooooooooooooo...) Exactly 14 days left to lose 3 lbs...possibly impossible but I'm trying to stay optimistic. Ran last night, will probably go again tonight, wish we all lived in the same area - we could all go workout together!!
I miss you girls!! Hope everyone is doing ok and staying on target, if you need us we're only a couple of clicks away!!

Hey ladies!! Hope everyone is doing alright! DH is gone to the field for a week, so that'll give me plenty of opportunity to catch up on laundry and cleaning the house! Also to eat less!!! No pressure to cook :) Well, housework beckons me. Hope ya'll are doing well!!

Good Morning ladies!! Happy Tuesday :) I hope everyone is doing okay. Congrats Missy on loosing that pound :carrot: That is so wonderful!! Well, I've got a few things to do before taking the kids to school so I better get going. Everyone take care!! :)

Hi everyone

I haven't been posting much lately in general on the board. Not because I'm not on plan or anything.. just that really I seem to have nothing to talk about I guess. I'm doing fine, and keeping busy with work. Very busy with work actually. :dizzy:

Missy, congrats on your loss, that's good news! I didn't lose anything last week but I did well the 2 previous weeks so no complaints. Not that complaining would change anything huh! ? hahaha Congrats on your tae bo too.

Seems my losses have slowed down a bit but I've sort of drifted into a good pattern that I can handle and stick with, without any mental anguish. I eat well and keep everything logged every day, I just find I'm getting a bit bored with the foods I'm eating. I eat a lot of the same things, to keep it easy really. I KNOW if I eat the same things, it's in the 'safe foods' to eat zone, I guess. Hubby wanted me to make fish tonight but aside from baking it in the oven I dunno what else I could do with it (he was wanting Halibut). Anyone have any ideas for fish that don't include breaded coatings or frying? ( I'm not on atkins).

Thanks and hope everyone's having a good week!! :smug:

~ Angie

Hey!! Angie, I've always gone by my mom's recipie of baking fish in a glass baking dish with shredded carrots, celery, lemon juice and margarine...plus whatever seasonings you want to put on it...turns out rather yummy especially with the zing of lemon juice. Hope you enjoy!! Down another pound, MAN!! If I could only be this good when hubby is HOME!! grrrrrr

Hey missy

Thanks for the advice on the fish exept for the margarine. No more margarine for me.. or butter. I haven't had any since June (except unless they unknowingly put it in my meal in a restaurant). I love my fish with lemon :smug:

I find it easier to plan when hubby isn't home too.. but I'd rather he be home.

~ Angie

Okay where is everyone? There's gotta be some military spouses out here!
We were going really well with this thread when it started.

I'm having a good week.. doing lots of walking, staying on plan, etc. Nothing to complain about at the moment which is nice.

Hope you're all doing fine. Just say hi if you're around.

~ Angie

I'm stoppin in don't really have anything to report except i have been sticking to my eating plan and exercising everyday. My Surprise for the week was yesterday I got a dozen red roses and a balloon from my hubby. Such a nice surprise cause he rarely does anyting like that, I got to talk to him on the phone this morning early like 4:30 out here in Hawaii. Other then that not much going on weigh-in is monday Looking forward to that hopefully I will have a decent loss :) talk to ya all again soon
~Amber

Good Morning Ladies!!

Amber~ Wow!! That was very sweet of your hubbs to send you some roses and a balloon. I bet you were on cloud 9 :)

Missy~ Congrats to you on loosing another pound :bravo: :cp: Keep it up!!

Angie~ :bravo: :cp: Congrats to you on your weight loss as well. I see your weigh-in on 9-21 with the 4.5 pounds. Way to Go!!! :)