Hey Everyone Just wanted to check in :) Man Halloween bites with the candy in the house makes me want to stay home and not take Hailee trick-or-treating. But that would make me a mean mommy since she already has her costume, we are not going very many places though. They are going to have something for the kids at the quad so I think we will go there and then come home and give the candy away that we get to the trick or treaters we have here at the house.... haha. Anyways I am some how down 4lbs this week even though aunt flo has arrived.... which i am amazed about but I think that it has a lot to do with having got my resisitance bands to go with my taebo tapes. Man does that make the workout intense. Hope everyone else is staying strong. Have a good rest of the week :)
~Amber

Just thought I'd introduce myself.My OH is air force and we are stationed in Illinois.
I am a big yoyo dieter. This time I need to get the weight off and keep it off.Saw my doctor yesterday and I need to get my cholesterol down.He's referring me to dietary and if I don't lower it I will need to go on meds.I also have high blood pressure and am on meds for that and it is coming down.
So I'm at that time in my life that I need to get serious with my weight.
I am originally from Scotland. Have 3 girls 18,15 and 10.
Looking forward to getting to know you all. This is a first time thing for me doing the posting on a forum.

Hi everybody,

Gee I didn't post here at all this week. But I have been working a LOT this week so I guess that's my excuse.

Hope everybody is doing a-okay!! Me, I'm doing fine, though I haven't done any exercise yet today, so I'm gonna keep this short so I can go and do that before the night is over.

~ Angie

Welcome Clydegirl, nice to see you here!!!!!

First of all, a heart-felt :welcome3: to all the new girls - I haven't been all here this week due to possibly changing jobs, and feeling under the weather and beating myself up :frypan: for not sticking to either my eating or my workout plan as well as I wanted to this week. Good news is, I DID work out :lifter: , and I DID eat right, about 75% of the time, but that's just me making excuses for my bad behavior, so SHAME on me!! I know I won't meet my OCT goal which SUCKS, I can't even lose 2 lbs in a month, come on, I'm seriously kicking myself for this one because it's my fault. I'm not going to make any more promises, other than I will try. This time of year is so hard, and I'm finding that I'm turning to food when I am stressed out - I need to figure something else out!! Hope you are all doing well :) Have a super weekend!!!

Welcome Clydegirl!! Glad you are here to share with all of us!

Take care,
Bonnie Jean

Happy Halloween!!! No scale movement for me this week. It was TOM though so that probably is most of the reason. Wish it only came like everyother month LOL it seems like i am going great and then bam there it is and progress stalls. Since I had my second baby in june I am down 68lbs i was wondering if anyone else has problems seeing their loss when they look in the mirror??? I mean how long is it going to take for it to register in my mind lol that i have lost weight and I am not as heavy as I was at the end of june. Anyways just seem to be losing motivation so I thought I would come read posts and make one of my own. Hope everyone else is doing good!
~Amber

Happy Halloween. Everyone got their candy ready. At the moment it's out of sight out of mind, so it doesn't bother me.Tomorrow may be a different story.
My OH is gone this week so I will be going out with my youngest and then coming home and giving out candy. I do enjoy it though, all the wee ones coming to the door dressed up. Don't like the teenagers with the pillowcases so much. They only get a small piece of candy.

Thanks for the welcome all the support helps.

Well, this week has been an especially hard one. I think the upcoming TOM caused me to gain quite a bit of water weight, which is HIGHLY discouraging, plus the stress of getting ready to quit my current job and start a new one isn't helping, also DH is getting ready to go to school for a month - so lots of stress to deal with makes for not a great weight loss story. BUT - it helps to see everyone else is doing so well - hope to catch up soon!

Hey everybody,

I haven't been spending much time on here. Hope everyone's doing okay.

Missy that's a lot of change all at once. Take it a day at a time, conquer a craving one at a time if you get them. I had a bad craving the other day as I drove near the Subway restaurant. I was craving one of those bacon & egg breakfast sandwiches ( I used to eat those often). I didn't get one. Mostly because I reasoned if I ate that.. well, I'd already had oatmeal for breakfast earlier, and then those calories would seriously cut into the rest of my days cal allowance. I just sat tight and told myself that the craving would pass. I drove home, and it was okay. Whew I'm glad I didn't eat one.

PMS is coming for me within the next week or so, I can feel it creeping up on me. I get these crazy crazy dreams/nightmares for about a week.. and they've started. There's always one disaster or another in my dream - last night I was hiding behind a dumpster because I'd walked into a situation where someone was getting shot, and I was hiding so they wouldn't see me. YIKES that's (hopefully) nothing I'm used to seeing in real life. WHERE does this stuff come from??? I looked online and the websites I read says this is in fact a PMS symptom. CRAZY. I hate it.

Anyway, hubby left again on Monday for 6 wks so boo hoo to that. I hate it. I always do. I think I would mind less if I could talk to him more.. but hey if I can ask for things, it'd be nice if he didn't go for more than 2 wks at a time. I am being selfish I know.. some are gone MUCH longer than 6 wks. right now. I feel for you wives/husbands of those gone away for so long.

I'm sticking to the plan, but I think I'm at a bit of a 'pause'. I won't say it's a plateau yet, but things have slowed down for a while. I went for a nice walk yesterday, which helped me mentally. Also I measured myself again - first time was end of August. I lost a BUNCH of inches all over, I should add them all up. Anyway, that felt good, cause I have not lost a lot of actual pounds in the last month, but the inches definitely are going. My original pants that I have had since I started, they are very loose, the legs in them don't stick to me at all anymore (they used to stretch tight). so woo hoo to that huh! I see lots of differences in little things as I go along.

married2asoldier:
I haven't lost as much as you have, but I do see a small difference in my face. You probably do too, I bet if you took similarly posed photos from the beginning to now. You just get used to it daily in the mirror so it's not as apparent, I bet. Keep taking photos and comparing them. Try on clothes that you had before you lost, that will show you I bet. Remember though, when you lose it's all over, a little here, a little there. Think about where you last filled out on your body the most.. usually you'll lose that first. (at least it happens that way for me). Don't lose motivation! You're doing great. I know we are all hardest on ourselves. But wow that's almost 70 pounds girl!

Clydegirl: hope your halloween candy stayed away from your lips! hehe
Me, I had a couple of pks of liquorice (the red stuff) but otherwise I did okay. I did not buy my 'favorites' - the bars and chips. I knew that would be my undoing. Unfortunately since hubby is gone, I had to do the treat thing for the kids - otherwise I would have made him do it and I would not be near the candy.

Hope everyone's having a good day. I have my weekly painting class this morning but otherwise it's a pretty quiet day work wise. I'll probably go for another walk this afternoon if it does not rain too hard. If it does I will exercise at home.

Bye for now everyone.. keep up the good work :hug:
~ Angie

Hi everyone hope you all are having a good week. My first week weigh in and I lost 7lbs. The first week is always a good one.

Angie the halloween candy is in my kitchen away from my reach. I've had a couple of pieces, the bite size ones.

I'm trying to increase my exercise.I started walking again and I also go to Curves.

I have to go to a healthy heart class because of my cholesterol.There's 3 classes once a month through January.Will be interesting to see what they have to say.

It's time to get serious with my weight one day at a time.

Hugs everyone.

Good Morning ladies!!

It's been awhile since I've posted. Everything is going pretty good. I have been working out 5-6 days a week about 2hrs each day and just started walking 3+ miles a day on top of that. I just need to get a little better on my water intake and eating. I've been lazy about getting prepared ahead of time so not being focused has steared me in the wrong direction. I'm hoping I can get that back under control.

Clydegirl~ :congrat: on the 7lb loss. That is awesome!!! Keep up the great work!! :)

missy~ hang in there girlie!! I know you have got alot of things you are juggling right now. Just take it little by little.

angie~ my weight has paused a little too. It is kind of discouraging but yet I can tell that I have lost inches. It's very noticeable so that is a plus but I just wished I could have lost a few pounds too. I need to invest in a tape measure and start measuring myself. Doing that and seeing the numbers lower can be just a encouraging as a scale I think.

I hope everyone is doing good. Everyone stay focused. We can all do this!! :)

Hey there ladies! I've been MIA for a few days, but back on track! Had some mad cravings and gave in. So, I'm hoping not to have a gain this week! I will find out tomorrow!

Take care,
Bonnie Jean

Hey Ladies How is everyone? Been days since there has been a post so i thought i would check in

Happy Friday Everyone!!

It's been a few days since I posted last so wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. My exercising has been awesome lately. Hitting the gym everyday and then walking 3+ miles in the afternoon. I am just having some trouble staying focused on my eating. It really hasn't been to good. However today is a new day and I'm going to try and stay focused. I keep telling myself " I CAN DO THIS!! " I hope everyone has a nice weekend. Everyone stay STRONG!! :):)

Hello everyone hope you've all had a good week. I've increased my exercise this week, walking more and picking up the tempo at Curves. It must have helped as I lost 3lbs this week.

I have to go and see the nutritional medicine people next week for a class on cholesterol. I'll let you know how it goes.

I am feeling much better about myself mentally and physically.

Ssgt's wife your weight loss is amazing congratulations.

Hey everybody!

Wow everyone here is doing really well, I'm looking at your tickers. They will come off one stubborn pound at a time. It all adds up, don't forget that, if you ever feel blue. :D

Well, my hubby has been gone now for a couple of weeks. First week was harder this time than the last time he went away. I thought I remembered the first week being the easy week last time. Now that it's been a couple of weeks I guess I'm back in my 'alone' patterns so I am doing okay. I wish I could talk to him more on the phone though. So far only 2 calls once when he was at a port stop. I am not complaining at all though - there are many ladies (maybe even some of you) who won't have their hubby around for much longer. I feel for you, and I hope you're hanging in there okay. Just remember when he comes back it will be so good!!

I'm still doing A-okay over here. I have been keeping up with my exercise and doing some walks outside on the days it does not rain like crazy. I actually prefer walking outside to walking on my treatmill.

I'm going to a little thing tomorrow called a "pampered chef" party. Hopefully I won't spend a lot of cash but still come home with something neat.

Hope you're all havin a great weekend :cool:

~ Angie

I had a great NSV yesterday!
Yesterday was an awesome day! The kids and I got to see Daniel on a Big Screen TV the talking wasn't the best because of the Delay but it was so good just to see him there. Man it made me so happy. Hailee was really excited too. He called me afterward so we could talk some more cause we hadn't really talked much in the ten mins they give you to VTC and he said honey you are losing so much weight you look beautiful!!!!!!! I wanted to cry cause I can't see the difference and in all actuallity have hit a plateau and wasn't sure if i wanted to keep trying but after that statement from his mouth I will keep on going just to hear some more compliments haha.... and of course for the health benefits but LOL lets be serious I love those compliments from him!!!!!

Good Morning Ladies & Happy Monday!!

married2asoldier~ Awwww..... That is so wonderful. Not only getting a chance to see him on TV but for him to see what you are achieving and to tell you that your loosing so much weight and you look beautiful. WOW!! That right there is not only wonderful but is so motivating. How much longer is he going to be gone? Keep up the wonderful work. Your doing a wonderful job!!!!

He will be gone for 9 more months at least as long as they don't get extended.... Praying for no extention! Oh it just made my DAY!

Hey everybody,

That's great news about the video conference you had. That must have REALLY helped you keep going. I hope you'll be able to get to do that every once in a while. 9 months is a long time but just take it as it comes. You have a great amount of time to just blow his socks off by the time he gets back!! And hey he's noticed already! Woo hoo thats so great. :D

I see your ticker there says 42 (if my memory is correct) That is a great amount and yeah I bet that others would notice much more than you would. You see yourself every day and you're looking for it. It's really nice that you had a good day, and it encouraged you to keep going. :cool:

~ Angie

Hi Missy! Im New and In VA!
 

Hi! I just wanted to say hello. I too live in Virginia. Wanted to give you a word of encouragement. :carrot: Just cheering you on!:)

Married2asolider....I am in the same boat! My husband too is gone. I have not seen him since January 2, 2006 at 11:45 AM. But he'll be home soon. (In the middle of January)

Whe he left I was at my starting weight and as you can see below I still have a long way to go but I can see a difference now and I know he will too. Thank God he loves me for me! Hang in there time will go by quicker than you think!

Way to go Sandy you have made great progress! This isn't my first year long deployment its my second in the three years that we have been married so I know how it goes. I'm counting down those days till R&R which we think :fingerscrossed: will be in Jan so thats not too much longer to go. Hope everyone else is staying on track. Abbey You took off your weekly weigh in's on your sig are you not doing that anymore?

Well you are stronger than me! I would go crazy. I applaude you. :D I hope that your husband makes it home for R&R. Mine didn't:( But I've mostly gotten over now. Two months and he's home..YEAH!!!

I'm very excited about being here with all you guys. I have needed a support group for so long. I'm progressing but slowly!

Hey girls - WELCOME to the group Sandy!! Everyone else CONGRATS on your weight loss....I have been MIA for awhile because I had a pretty high gain and it was being VERY stubborn coming off - and to be honest, I was a little ashamed to come in here until I got that weight back off, but I realized that was childish and I am going to come back and get what I started this group for - some @$$ chewing and some motivation!! I let stress get the best of me and convenience took presidence over health - SO, now that I've learned that, 3 of the 7 lbs I gained are gone, the rest should fall off this week the way I'm working out and drinking water like I'm a camel who's going to be walking the Sahara for 3 years....no excuses. I've been practicing doing some pushups because I'll have to do atleast 20 for the Navy Reserves which I am in the process of joining. A week ago I could BARELY push out ONE, and I mean I'd go down and couldn't push back up - so I'd practice doing some on knee assist. Well, yesterday I busted out TWO real pushups NO problem, the third was a tad bit of a struglle, but then I popped off the rest of my assisted like nothing!! Hopefully by the time hubby gets home in December from school, I can push out atleast 10 for him :) Anyways, once again I'm sorry for being such a poop-head - promise I'll be better now!

Just wanted to stop in and see how everyone is doing. I have changed some things up and cut out some unnecessary snacks that I had been eating along this journey and its helped me to lose 3 pounds this week so that was nice. Its been quiet here for a couple of days so I thought I would check in. Have a great Sunday!

Good Morning ladies!!

I have been pretty busy lately but had a few extra minutes so I thought I'd pop in and see how everyone is doing.

Missy~ That's awesome what your doing. Pushups are pretty hard. Keep up the good work. Who knows, when your hubby gets back, you might can give him the whole 20 :)

If I don't get a chance to post again before Thursday, I wish everyone a nice and wonderful Thanksgiving!! :thanks1: :turkey:

I hit 190 this morning!!!! OMG, I am going to work so HARD and I WILL bust into the 180's this weekend, DESPITE Thanksgiving, yes - I know this is a tall order, but I am going to be REALLY good!!! I just have to tell myself, everything in moderation....everything in moderation. I am just so stinking estatic that I am down to 190!! Hope everyone else is as excited about this week as I am!! Keep up the good work ladies!

Wow!! Nobody has posted in over a week. I hope everyone is doing good. Missy, Congrats to you on hitting 190. Your hard work and determination really paid off. Keep up the hard work and you will definitely hit your next mini-goal by Christmas. :)

I had slacked off for a long time but I have my sis staying with me for a couple of months and she has become my workout partner so today makes it day 6 back on Atkins and day 6 going full force at the gym. I'm really pushing myself so I can see positive results. Not only on the scale but in body definition also. Everyone, stay strong and motivated. Keep up the good work!!

Missy - Congratulations on a your weight loss!!

I feel like I have been away from here for forever! I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! I went home to be with my family for that week, and there wasn't any snow, which is unusual for that area. I was irritated, but as we flew in last Sunday there was snow here at home! :lol: It was nice.
I have been on a weight loss "break". I did have a pretty good work out today, so that is good news! How is everyone else doing today??

I guess with the holidays, things are getting more hectic and such - so I apologize for not posting for quite awhile. CONGRATS on everyone's motivation, it's so inspiring!!! I have been doing little workouts here and there at the house, but haven't actually hit the gym in several weeks :( booo for me. Hubby comes home next week THANK GOODNESS!!! Keep up the good work and I will try harder to post more often.

I DID IT!!!!! I hit 189 this morning!!!!! It took a little longer than I anticipated, but I was also slacking off. SO! Now that I've hit it, I'm determined more than ever to KEEP it, especially now that I only have 14 lbs to go to reach my goal. I am PUMPED - just wanted to share. Hope everyone is staying warm and having a wonderful weekend :)

A big :woohoo: for leaving the 190s behind!! Hopefully I am not far behind you. :) The past two days I have had some really good workouts and I hope that everyone else has been doing well, too!
My biggest issue is FOOD! I have a hard time coming up with healthy meals that I like that my son will eat, too. Any suggestions??? :?

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Hey y'all!! How has everyone been doin' these days?? I know the holidays are hard but the big ones are almost over....
HANG IN THERE!!!!;) :hug:

















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Hi ladies. I never saw this thread before for some reason on here. Hope ya'll don't mind my joining. My name is Stacey. My hubby is AD AF and we are stationed overseas in Germany. At the moment I am trying to lose weight to join the military myself when we PCS back to the States in the summer.

Hey Ladies wow its been a long time since I have been on here. Some stuff has happened and I felt like a big slacker I guess thats why I haven't posted. I hurt my back and couldn't exercise for a week blah. But I haven't completely gone off track I am down 5 lbs since I last changed my ticker so that makes me feel good. Hope everyone else is doing good. Daniel is coming home on leave in Jan I think he will be real surprised to see me LOL. He has only seen pics from the neck up where ya can notice a big change lol but wait till he sees the rest of me haha.

hey guys I am new and my husband will be home in march. I am in a race to see if I can loose another twenty pounds before then! I am so nervous!

Hey everybody!

I'm still kickin around here but I'm just yo yo-ing on my same few pounds for some reason. Truth be known I'm not working "hard" I'm just "working". You know what I mean? Sticking to my plan but not working out as much as I could, etc. So.. not seeming to be losing much at all.

Congrats on those of you I see are doing well, awesome job! :)

Christmas won't likely be too hard to get through. I don't have kids and family with a bunch of treats around me so it's prob less temptation than some have. I'm glad about that.

Hope you're all doing well and I see we have a new person up a few posts! Welcome! and yes, anyone feel free to post of course, no official invites needed here.

~ Angie

Oh my goodness! I had a goal of losing eight pounds by new years and I hit it today! I cant believe it I am two pounds away from my halfway mark and my husband comes home in nine weeks! My next goal is to loose another sixteen pounds before he comes in, being able to tell him look babe I have lost fifty pounds since september will be worth its weight in gold to me!!! I am so happy right now I want to cry!

Good Morning Everyone and Happy New Years!!!