Melissa I like the Bl Diet because it gives you choices from the 4 food groups. Protein , Fruits and veggies , Whole grains, Then an Extra ( allow you 200 extra clories)

The book does lay it all out for you . You jest have to look at your weight to how many calories you need to eat. Like you 240 pounds should have 1,680 calories daily. As you loose weight you take your calories down by Adjusting the caloried a day by the 200 Extra, replace whole grain with veggies, choose lower calorie proteins. reduce fruit to veggies.

It is pretty laid out in the book and the book isnt expensive I only paid 11$ for mine. It gives alot of clues and suggestion too. I Love it the first diet that ever made me feel full. any thing else let me know.

Damn Mia!! GOOD information.;) ;) I like info like that. I hope your having fun on your trip. I go Jackson Mississippi on Monday the 9th and then to Florida on Oct 20th-22. Just to much going on.

Hello ladies, too everyone. I can't seem to get my personals in. I never get the computer at home due to hubby, baby, dinner, and working out. I going to have to start using it at midnight. :(

Bonnie I noticed you lost some more weight, awesome.:carrot: :carrot:

everyone is doing really good right now.

OMG I did get to watch flavor the other night. New Yorks mother is insane.

Boy, I'll tell ya, if there's one way to guarantee walking the straight & narrow.....trying on clothes! Bah! It was not a very fun experience this afternoon at all. I already have issues with clothes sizes to begin with but needed to find a few things. Looking in the mirror knowing I'm in such a big size already and to have it look like it fits small. UGH! I just sat there in the dressing room and about cried. However I did tell myself well this is why you're losing weight so you don't have to go thru this humiliation anymore. Just not fun I tell ya! And to top it off? I think there was a lady in the stall next to me mackin away on some food or something! I am so serious!! lol First she was complaining to the clerk when she came around to ask if everyone was alright in the dressing rooms, that the a/c was not on low enough that it was entirely too hot in the dressing rooms. Argued with the sales lady! So she goes back to trying on clothes and then I hear a pop bottle open..you know that ssssssssss sound? Then I start hearing celaphane and her crunchin on something. Unreal! LOL

Bonnie, I am so glad that you're having a good time with the BL diet. I swear I did not see any sort of outline for what we should eat in that book when I bought it. LOL I was discouraged with that fact so I sold it. I guess I figured everything was online and that was their way of making you pay to use it. Glad someone found it! lol

Melissa, you are right as usual. I know I am better than this and that I can do this. Glad everything got done today. Good going finding a sitter for tomorrow night!!! Even tho' you are gonna go see 'Potato Chip Lips'. :D

Trish, good to see ya hon. Hope things are going well for you. FOL is a disaster isn't it. NY's mom is a major head case, no wonder NY is the way she is! LOL I missed the part where his kids came to spend time with them. I can only imagine the things they said about these girls! Kids can be very perceptive!

Mia, well you're just a well of information today, aren't you. lol Sounds like you know a thing or two about what you are going to do to get to goal. Did I read that right, you weigh 135???

You'd be very proud of me. I made it through the grocery with only fresh fruits, veggies, meats & dairy today. Plus some extra stuff for the kids lunches, but nothing fatty. Go me! lol

♥ danielle

dani- i wish i weighed 135 no that was info i got from somewhere else
the biggest loser diet sounds great i wonder if they sell it at barnes and nobles my hubby will kill me if i buy another diet thing so i guess ill have to figure out the correct servings i was watching a rerun of bl tonight and i couldnt believe how that female trainer acted that pi--ed me off anyone want to start another water challenge with me? this is for the folks that have a hard time getting in water how about you get a :flow1: for every 10 oz of water you drink during the day i also have news my hubby decided not to rejoin the marine:carrot: and we are moving to new orleans instead he just got a job offer today as a crane tech so ill be popping in and out until we are settled

Good morning ladies!! Its awfully quiet, I hope everyone is okay! I had a soso day yesterday, I had 2 cookies yesterday SHAME!! My own fault I was the one who brought them to the meeting! But I got in all my water, I didnt BLT that I can remember so all in all a good day if we all just forget about cookies! LOL!! Today is gonna be iffy. tonight is the rolling stones concert who knows how that is gonna go. Its supposed to be chilly and rainy too...not fun!

Bonnie...I think I'm gonna see if i can find the BL book at the library and see if i can get something out of it. I dunno if I'll change plans right now just because SF is fitting well in my day. I like being able to just grab a shake and some fruit and go. Knowledge is power though so the more we have the better off we are!

Danielle...you mastered the grocery store!!! Although I never doubted you could do it for a minute! I dont even wanna think about going and trying on clothes!! I hope you at least found something after that whole adventure. That was the last time you've gotta feel like that because each time you go back you are gonna be smaller and smaller!

Mia....wow all kinds of changes coming your way huh! Are you excited about this move? I hope that everything goes smoothly for you and you get settled quickly and easily! I think tomorrow I'm gonna attempt to up my water so i'll join you on that challege. I'd like to go for 5 bottles now but not today, I dont want to have to worry about restroom facilities tonight!

Alright off to the shower! I hope everyone is having a wonderful morning! Its national walk to school day today. I think we will skip it because of my stupid leg, I was up all night with it. I'm so sick of being in pain!!! gonna call the doc today and tell him the meds arent working. Hopefully he's seen my Xrays by now too. have a GREAT one!!

~melissa

Good Morning to everyone this morning . I am feeling wonderful right now . I had to get on the scale to weigh in this morning and I got some amazing resluts. I Lost 8 pounds since last wed. Boy is that making me feel great. I noticed that my stomach doesnt feel so puffy any more. Had some extra time last night so I did my walk last night and did it twice .

Melissa dont beat your self up over cookies. Losing weight is hard. If it was easy their wouldnt be any overweight people in this world. I love my Book . i took high lighter and high lighted alot of different stuff in it. I hope that the other book is jest as good.

Mia New Orleans! Congrats to you both.

Danielle sorry you had a bad day. I have been their . I hate trying on clothes . Expecially when it is something that you like and then look in the mirror and see how bad it looks on you. Hang in their.

I better be going coffee is calling my name . Catch you all later.

Way to go Bonnie!!!! that is awesome news this morning!! Girl your energy and your enthusiasm plus the fact that I love Bob really inspires me to check out BL. I know you talk about just not being hungry all day long thats a huge motivator! I dont feel hungry but I would eat and then when it is time to eat I've been overdueing it. Gonna have to look into it. It'd be great if I could exercise too!! anyway, Congrats on a VERY successful week!! You are doing so fantastic!!! Keep up the good work!! YOu inspire us all!

~melissa

Good morning ladies!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful hump day! The week is half way over!! :carrot:

Bonnie, Great job on the loss!! That is great!!!! Let us know how you like the cookbook when you get it! I would love to know if there are yummy things in it!

Mia, Thanks for all that info! That has some really great stuff in it. I always forget about Jell-o as a good little snack. :dizzy:

Danielle, I would have yelled at that lady for eating in the dressing room! Who eats in a dressing room? I hate dressing rooms. They are not my friends. And then they really arent when the person next to you is asking for a smaller size, because the 2's dont fit. argh. But it is a new day!!

Melissa, How are the shakes? I just bought a new pack and I was sure to buy the chocolate royale this time! Much better! All I could think about for some reason while drinking it, was I was glad it wasnt vanilla. so odd of me. Good luck with your leg! I hope it starts to feel better.

I did make it to the gym on sat and mon. I ran 4 miles both days. I didnt make it to spin on monday. But I will be going today after Pilates. I have to take my car down the street to get new tires put on it. fun fun. But I am going to wear my gym clothes and get the stroller and walk up some major hills while my car is worked on. I have been trying to eat better. But it is hard when we go out to eat. I am taking DH out tomorrow night for his bday and I hope they have a non-fishy fish there on special. haha. Or else they have pasta pasta and more pasta. feh. I have a pair of pants I want to get into next weekend.. so we will see if it happens. Good luck today ladies, I am going to try my hardest to get on that water goal!!

Is This Day Over Yet???
 

Hi guys. It's been a stressful morning already and it's not even 9am! Can I go back to bed and get up later? lol Today DD left for camp. This morning was stressful to say the least! This child does not like being away from home and was beside herself when it came time for her dad & me to say goodbye to her. I was already having anxiety of my own about this because I know how she is and I knew what was going to happen. Luckily her best friend showed up just then and gave her a big ole hug and said it would be okay. *tear* Ugh, I hate that I left my daughter teary-eyed!!! While she isn't going too too far away it's still a drive. I am expecting a phone call tonight telling me I gotta come get her, I'm bracing myself for it. *sigh*
Then on top of that, my other DD forgets this bag she needs for English which happens to be 2nd pd. So dear ole mom gets to trudge allllll the way back home and allllll the way back to her school so she has it. Good Lord I hope these kids remember this stuff when I'm in my old age and drooling in my wheelchair. lol

Mia, wow I can't believe you guys are gonna move!!! How exciting!!! At least now there isn't the issue of military floating around anymore, that must be some relief, no?

Bonnie, you are an exercise diva!!! Major congrat's on that 8 lb loss, that is fabulous!! :dance:

Mel, well I really hope the dr does something now. Seems to me that it's a little more that sciatica? I can only imagine the pain you're in. Just yesterday when I went trolloping all over town looking for clothes I started getting that pain again near my tailbone...the one that shoots down my left tushy and down my leg. Ugh, SO NOT FUN!!! One more reason I need to hurry up and get this fat off!!! So tonight is the date with the potato chip lips man!!!! :D

Stacia, YUM-O Chocolate Royale!!! That is my absolute fave, been having it for years! I know you will do great when you go out to eat. You know what your goals are, what you want and the only way to get them. You can do it! Great job with the exercise, wow running 4 miles. I can't fathom even just half a mile! lol

Well girls, I am just not feeling this day at all. Between all my emotional stress this morning (or as my dh says, I'm being nuerotic!) and the running around I gotta get done today....Just wanna lay on the couch and watch the telly all day long. Bah!

Have a super day everyone. Will be back when I can be in a better mood.

Good Afternoon everyone! Where are you all? We get quieter and quieter everyday!

Stacia...your running is amazing!! 4 miles too! Sheesh! EW fish! LOL!! I'm not a fan either. People always try and get me to try seafood and tell me it doesnt taste fishy at all...and it always does! Hows that water coming? I'm slow today!

Danielle...good heavens woman! Hows the afternoon shaping up? I hope its settled down a bit. Jordan is just like your little one, I dont think she'd make it being away like that either. When we were in Florida she was ready to go home the 3rd day there. And we were in Disneyworld!!!! She just would rather be at home. I suppose one of these days we are gonna be begging them to stay home one night!

Well I best get my house cleaned up if we are having a babysitter come over tonight. Not sure she'd appreciate having to use my bathroom the way it looks right now LOL! No word back from the doc yet, I'm gonna have to turn on my squeeky wheels I guess! Have an amazing afternoon!

~melissa

Afternoon's getting better. Kinda. Finally found a moment of peace and my brain has finally had time to settle down. :dizzy:

Stacia, about the lady in the dressing room. Isn't that the most bizarre thing ever???? I would swear on my life that she was eating in there by the sounds that were coming out of there. Not quite sure what she thought she was doing. The rooms were pretty roomy with little comfy chairs in there and all....but man! LOL I spent about 45 min. in that store and she was still in there when I left. She was also in there before I was so who knows what she did all day. I wonder if anyone had to drag her out of there. Ha!

Melissa, yeah Kori is a funny girl. She is so rambunctious and outgoing when she's around us but when it comes to being with other people, man does she shut down. I felt SO bad for her today. You don't know how bad I wanted to say, I'm coming too. I know she'll have a good time with all the projects they've got lined up, it's the night time where I think is going to be extra rough for her. Luckily these are like real cabins where there's only 4 girls per, and not like a huge dorm-like room like how it was when we went to Lake Pleasant. I just hope that the teachers/parents really take some time to listen to her. My poor baby!!!! But. She's gotta get this outta her system now, next year in 6th grade they go to Idylwild for 4 days and that's like a 6 hour drive! Can you imagine getting a phone call saying you need to come get your kid. LOL

My food choices today have sucked big time. Not sure what's going on with me. You'd think that with all the depressing clothes trying on yesterday and today that I would get a clue. The biggest surprise is that I have been skipping meals. Big shock, huh? lol Who me? Miss a meal? Its almost unheard of! And then when I do get a chance to eat, I am making the most wrongest choices I could make. I have a feeling no leaves will be falling for me this week. :( Gosh, I hope I don't gotta put the 2 I lost last week, back on the tree! LOL

And lets not even discuss exercise! It is non existent despite all the talking I've done about getting back to it. I REALLY need some sort of serious exercise challenge, cause this on & off attitude of mine is for the birds. If I can get workouts done regularly, my food & water is stellar.

OH! I got my book yesterday for our Oct. read. Looks really good, gonna start it today. Is anyone else doing this?????

Alright, well now it's time to get some things picked up around here. My house looks like a tornado hit it this morning. As usual, dh promised to help out with all 3 kids this morning, and his version of "helping out" is camping out on the sofa watching me run around like a chicken with my head cut off. :rolleyes: As I finished packing up DD, combed 3 heads, ironed HIS work shirt, fed all 3 and got myself ready. Men!

Sorry I'm in a weird mood right now. What are you girls doing to lose this weight? What kind of factors do you think is helping you?

I honestly think theres not enough hours in the day. I think I'm going to start going to bed early so I can get up earlier and excersize and then take my shower and go to work. Does anyone do that? If so do you feel more tired at work? I want to try and get two workouts in a day instead of one.

I feel really awful because last week I couldnt do anything monday i hurt my shoulder and it didnt feel better til thursday and on thursday i got the flu and wasnt feeling better til yesterday. so yeah my week was totally thrown off.

Anyways, I gained like 4lbs last week. And i know we fluctuate. but boy when is this weight going to come off already! lol j/k I guess I need some little tips that might help me throughout the day.

Good evening ladies!! :D

have you guys started reading the new book we chose for the month of October yet?

Congrats Bonnie on the weight loss, That is outstanding:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: . You are a machine right now. Good Job.

Danielle your quacking me up with the lady in the dressing room story. Don't worry you'll be trying on skinny clothes in no time.;)

Mia - congrats on your husband decision I know you were worried about that. I knew you guys would make the best and right decision for all involved. New Orleans, wow, now thats some moving. Exciting!!!! :)

Hello :wave: :wave: :wave: Amanda, Melissa, Brit, Sara, Altari, Aqua, Cartersmama, jazzy, and i no am missing some ladies. I have to get use to all the new names.

Does anyone know where Aqua is lately.

Mia I will do the water challenge with you, i need to desperately.

thanks everyone i think it will be a great move
sara- dont worry i probably gained some weight too i was told that if you are watching what you eat and you are still gaining then adjust your diet some foods make people gain more than others you just have to find what works for you
sugar- im glad your day is going better
my food intake sucked today too i was doing good this morning but i went out with my hubby and got too hungry so we went to walmart so i can buy some healthy food when we got back to the house i ate a reeces cup and 4 oreos i was soo hungry i just grabbed what i saw:mad:
where is everyone else?

i did get
:flow1: :flow1: :flow1: :flow1:= 40oz of water:carrot:

Good afternoon ladies!!!
OMG I got an email saying that the new show for biggest loser is comming on tonight. ( no joke but i really like that show). I had no clue that they came out with a book and a whole diet plan. COOL!!( i realized that when I saw everyone writing about it )
Hey is it really good!!! You never know I might check it out

I just always wondered how do they get almost 30 lbs off with in a week or two. They must be like always exerciseing( night and day). MAN!!!!


Bonnie- OMG !!!! Congrats on your 8lbs loss. You seem to have it all together on this weight loss thing(LOL)!!!! Hopefully we can all be as happy as you are soon.

DAnielle--- AWW, Are you missing your daughter already!! My mom always told me that she would never miss me when i left but she call me all the time. Dont worry you raised her well and I guess It was time. What kind of camp did she go to? OMG You are to funny!! My brother is the same way when I clean. I ask just for him to take out the garbage and he cant even do that!!!!MEN!!!!(LOL)

Melissa-- Don't worry two cookies wont kill you!!LOL!! You are a strong women and aparently like the rolling stones. I hope that you had fun at your concert. Let me know how it was!!! Wait if your leg hurts what are you doing at a ROCK CONCERT!!LOL!!!


Hey stacia , hey trish ,Whats up!!!!

LOVE that sara--- I am not sure what you name is but I just wanted to say hi!!! You seem to be in a rut!! Because we are all in the same boat i would have to say that you shouldn't make a big deal about the 4lbs gained. Just take it as a lesson learned. YOu don't know how many times I have lost and gained back weight and YES it makes me sad but I just get up and try again!!! Remember success isnt a destination it is a journey!!!!