Hello everyone, I would like to slip in here with a month goal also to join group. My goal would be to lose 5lbs. in a month. I have not been motivated this spring to do my walking like I was last year and it shows. It is great that someone takes time and interet to help others in their desire to be healthier.... I commend you all!
Not sure if this is the right way to use this system yet...will find out I guess. See you soon!

hello everyone

i just wanted to say that i am so sorry. i just figured i wasn't wanted here it never really hit that my post could have been over looked. I have had problems with people online before so i guess i just jumped to Conclusions.. what i should have done was said something before i left a message like that. I truly am sorry and i hope you all can forgive me. Well anyways i was doing pretty bad about my eatting habbits this week but decided i better not give up yet and got my self bad on track. I lost one pound this week that puts me at 134 lbs. Good luck all... hope you all lose this coming week. Thanks for asking me to come back it really means alot to me.

sweetpea:

I'm glad you are back ~~SweetPea!~~...and with such wonderful news on your 1# loss. YGG! Don't have to apologize, just keep on posting....love to hear all your news.

and a big welcome to :~~Roseblush~~Yes, you are right about how great all these well wishes on the posts are. they help me greatly, now that i am no longer attending ww classes. It's kept me going. I love to get inspiration from all the good chicks on here! Try and drink your water and move, and it will happen for you too! Slow losses are best.


~~~DUSTCATCHER~~~ Great name! One # off IS something to be excited about! Congrats on the pound lost and gone 4-ever! YGG!! I don't know how Gennel is keeping track for sure, but if you can figure out how to PM her also, it might be helpful.
I have not seen Gennel on here lately, and it's her thread, but i am going to make sure you both are kept track of on this month's challenge! I lost 3 the first week of it, and zip the 2nd week, but i know i am exercising alot more, and just so motivated from all the good people i meet on here! So i hope it does the same for you.
Again,welcome aboard, and post often! I will write again tomorrow, hope you can too as i love to hear from all.


bye for now,
thinlizzie
166/133/120

Hi Sweet Pea I'm so glad your back. I'm sorry I didn't realize you had been overlooked before. It's great that you decided to come back I hope you find all the support you need here. Good job on losing a pound too
Hi Roseblush I hope you'll like it here
Hi Dustcatcher- great job on the 1 pound loss
I hope everyone does great this week- Take care.

Hi everyone,
I was just replying to my PM's and going over the new posts today! Well I edited the Goal chart and it's pasted below here Welcome Roseblush. And Sweetpea I'm so glad to see that you didnt leave us! A big Thank you to Thinlizzie for apologizing for me and from all of us for having overlooked the first post . Remember everyone , even if you joined a little late this isnt a race. The goal here is to have any kind of weightloss in a 4 week period, or have maintenance in a 4 week period. A slight gain may happen due to TOM or stress. But PLEASE dont let this make you quit . I have lost 31lbs so far since Feb. But it hasnt been a smooth weightloss. It's been fast I must say but I have had to walk almost everymorning. So dont think that some of us just lose it so easy! lol I wish I would taken before pictures of my waist and stomach ! The walking is my "miracle pill" I cannot say what a huge difference walking makes. You get rid of so much cellulite and the inches seem to melt off. As of Feb I have lost 7.5 inches off my waist. I cannot truly explain it! Yes you saw correct 7.5 inches! I lost weight yrs ago and I had to be around 145 lbs before I had a 32 inch waist. I am weighing 163 lbs folks and my waist went from 40 inches down to 32.5 ! its just not the dieting trust me. I have before pictures of me and current pictures that I took with clothes on lol. But there is a huge difference inthe pictures now! I will still be around when I reach my goal and I will make a small webpage with before and after photos.
Sweetpea I added yoru 1 lb loss to the goal chart, Dustcatcher I also added your 1 lb loss on the chart below.
ttyl!
Gen
194/163/135?
Gennel...Goal...9 lbs...lost 3 lbs

Amybunz..Goal..9 lbs...lost 3.8 lbs

Turtle025 Goal... 8 lbs..N/A

Thinlizzie..Goal....8lbs..lost 3 lbs

Sassycat..Goal...8 lbs..lost 4 lbs

Grizzly.....Goal...7 lbs...lost 4.5 lbs

Duckies...Goal... 9 lbs..N/A..N/A

Emaleyth..Goal...6 lb..lost 2.5 lbs

spsalmist..Goal...5 lbs..N/A

Mscoconut..Goal..8lbs..lost 2.5 lbs

dustcatcher.Goal...5 lbs..lost 1 lb

Angel-eyes ..Goal..6 lbs..3.2 lbs

Sweetpea0407.Goal.. 5 lbs...loss 1 lbs (welcome newbie )

Roseblush..Goal..5 lbs (welcome newbie)

Well, I've been avoiding the topic of my weighin on Saturday,,,,,but truth be known, I only lost a measly 3 ounces. Not a very good weighin to say the least. And actually, it would have been better not to go, as it put me on a bit of a backwards slide. I am now trying to do the damage control and get back on track. Sorry....I just seem to be 'neither here nor there' lately. UGH!!! Congratulations for all of this weeks losers.....there might be hope for me yet.


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Hey Ladies! How is everyone today? I'm wiped! My hubby and I went to the gym at 5 this morning to get in cardio and when we got home, I ran to do the grocery shopping I've been trying to get done all week! I did more before 7am then I usually make myself do by noon!!! Oh well, after a quick shower while "Blue's Clues" is on, I'll be more alive and awake! Today I've decided to get back to setting daily goals for myself and being accountable for them... I've noticed better results and feelings about myself/weight if I do this. Hope ya'll don't mind that I'm going to post them here for accountablity.
Thursday's goals:
*Eat according to the Kathy Smith article and see if it works for me (small meals, balance of carbs and everything else... I'm a carb addict!)
*Drink 4 bottles of water
*stop eating by 7:30
*Cardio for 30 minutes (DONE!)
*Gratitude journal
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL day!!!

Erin

hello everyone

just thought i would pop in to say hi for a min. I've been doing really good with exercise and eatting habits this week so hopefully i will lose another pound. how are you all doing? I seen a friend of mine yesterday that i have not seen in a while and she noticed that i had lost weight that made me feel really good that someone noticed.Well hope you all are doing good. I'll try to write again tomorrow if i get time. talk to ya all later

sweetpea

Hey ThinLizzie and SweetPea! Glad things are on target for you guys this week!
Congrats on the exchange of sizes Lizzie!!!! YEAH!!!!

~Lizzie~ My hubby and I try to go to the gym together every morning at 5. Hasn't been happening lately due to giving in to too many excuses, but we will be doing it regularly now! I have 3 weeks to get a flatter belly for a dress I bought for a wedding, so I need to get movin' and groovin'! It doesn't help that my husband is almost worse at excuses than I am!!!
Here's the Kathy Smith stuff I'm working on doing. http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts...407817,00.html
I started on Monday and then went off on Tuesday due to spending the day with a friend and indulging in some Merlot (my downfall... WINE!) and then yesterday was completely blown by my choosing to eat at McD's while my son played with his friends. I didn't even get any enjoyment out of the fries!!! Oh well... Today is another day and so far it's going wonderfully (foodwise). Now if only my 2 year old would cooperate... I know, I'm asking for miracles!

I'm off now to see why my name is being screamed in vain from the upstairs computer (he is playing his JumpStart game and told me to "Doh away!")

Erin

Hi everyone!
Ema, that is great that hubby is supportive and goes with you to the Gym at 5 AM!!!! WOW! Sounds like you will get into that dress in no time!
Thinlizzie , you sound like you did well this week and lost a few! Oh please tell ? ..ok ..I'll have to wait with everyone else until Saturday! lol . Sweetpea, isnt it a wonderful feeling when someone else notices that you've lost a few ? Well I have an online photo album of Before and Current pictures. Iwish they would have come out more clear. I have a closeup of my new "thin face and no doublechin! " lol On the first picture I was wearing a sze 16-18, on the last picture I'm wearing 11/12 shorts !For MOther's Day I was planning to go out for dinner but I decided that a "Best Ribs" place was not for me this week at least! lol So we are staying home and everyone is brining a low calorie favorite meal. I'll have chicken shish kabobs and shrimp kabobs ,low cal potato salad,salad and brown rice ....
Well anyway below is the link to see my progress. Icant wait for that July or August picture!

lolhttp://members8.clubphoto.com/genie419342/720940/guest.phtml

Its great reading all these positve motivational posts!
Gen
194/163/135?

Gennel, You look GREAT!!!!! I love your pics! So now.. I have to ask.... how tall are you? I'm "vertically challenged" so I wear a bigger size than what I think I should at this weight.
I'm sure if I hunt around, I've got a few at my top weight and some at my lower weights... Not sure I want to look at the top weight pics ever again though! It would be good motivation though to "remind" myself how far I've come! Now to just keep moving forward and downward!!!
Erin

Ema,
I'm a short gal at 5'3" . I remember weighing 163 a few years ago and I was in a bigger size! But I wasnt walking nearly as much as I do now. I'm positive that all this walking has taken so many inches off me ,not only dieting . The current pic of me shows me actually a little bigger than I am inperson. Why do pictures do that to us?!! lol Everyone that guesses my weight is always at least 15-20lbs lower than it actually is! I guess I could lie about my weight ! lol But who am I kidding?
Thanks for taking a peek! Ema take pictures now and measure yourself! You wont regret it I promise!
I was reading an article that I lost now! But it was in ediets.com. It was titled " Which Type are you?" It says there are 3 types of people in this world .#1 Those who make things happen #2 Those who watch things happen # And those who dont have a clue what's going on. Like in politics, there are people running for office , those who complain about the laws but do nothing to help make changes, and those who dont know what's going on at all in this world! Everyone here can be the first type" Those who make things happen! " You can make it happen. A lot of us are hard headed naturally when we want something our way. We MUST be this hard headed to make this happen! We wont take no for an answer when the scale wont budge one week! So we go on to the next week, working out more and eating right!
(something to think about)

Gen
194/163/135?

wow Gen i seen your pics. Congradulations on all the weight you have lost. you have done a wonderful job. Emaleyth Good luck fitting in to your dress before the wedding. Don't give up. You can do it. I'm still trying to to fit in to my shorts before summer. So i guess i'm gonna get up really early tomorrow morning and walk a couple miles if it doesn't rain seems like that's all it's been doing latly. Well my daughter is being a brat right now so i gotta go get her ready for bed hopefully she settles down after her bath.

talk to ya all later
have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!!

sweetpea

Hi I need to lose 20lbs altogether. I will to lose 10lbs and don't know how to start. I love to eat and need someone to get me starting in a walking program. I weigh 166lbs and I am finding it very hard. Please help. I will send a short note this time to see if anyone replies.
Ter