Welcome l00py!! Good luck! I think it is totally possible!

So I have been thinking, do you think this super hot wheater would make the scale go up? My scale has been up like 4 pounds, I am sure some is water and maybe 1 fat, but could it be that I am holding extra water cuz it is so friggen hot out?

hey everyone!!!

courtnie-that sucks about the whole graveyard thing, but that's good that he can move up. eveybody has to pay their dues and this is just part of working your way up the corporate ladder. That sucks about the gain, but maybe it is water and it'll probabaly go back down.

aimee-how fun for you that your bf is going to be doing SB with you. it'll probably make it a lot easier for you, especially if you cook. I tried to talk my bf into doing the mediterranean diet but yea right. he'd never give up his junk food (he really doesn't need to) but my biggest concern was for health reasons. try talking to a guy about their health. ha!!!

beth-3 pounds really isn't that bad. shoot, i gain that over the course of 1 weekend!! but it's good to jump back in the saddle when you've fallen. hope we can help you out!!!

l00py-welcome!!! your goal seems really attainable. Stick with us and we'll help you through it. good luck!!!

I've decided to stay off the scale!! Only on weigh in days will I weigh myself. I don't want to be preoccupied with why the **** i'm up. weight loss is too much trouble as it is. why not make it a little easier on ourselves. Is ay we all try and go for weighing ourselves only once a week!

So I will try to work out today. I'm pumped right now, but we'll just have to wait and see how I feel later on. But, man, I need to get it together. It's only, like, a 45 minute or less workout. That ain't nothing!! but as we all know it's easier said than done.

chat with ya'll later!!!

I should stay off the scale as well... usually I stand on it right when I get up, look at the number and jump in the shower. I am getting better now. I used to stand on it like 10 times a morning. Now its just once, lol.

haha yea that was bad

I am so excited for my 3 days off :) Altho first I have to do this interview, I can't see it going badly. I just get nervous easily. I think I have an outfit picked out, black cord skirt, pink tank and black cardigan. The bf says its really cute, I am much more comfortable in pants.. but I only have a pair of size 16 dress pants from Old Navy, and it's a regular size. I'm just not there yet, they fit so nice everywhere but the waist. They'll be very cute when they fit properly.

Rosario - the bf has a tiny belly, so I'm sure he's wanting it to be more flat for the beach. He's so cute sometimes, he helped me pick out shoes for the interview as well, lol. We decided to go for some straw flipflops with pink beading.. heh. Also, when I showed him you were from Atlanta.. he said that its actually Hotlanta.. funny boy! Your scale idea? Count me OUT! I am obsessed with getting on it everyday! I'd die without it!

l00py - welcome! Your target is totally doable, they say 1 pound a week is really good! Did you notice you lose slower the closer you get to goal?

Alright ladies, I have to go prep for this interview! Have a good night :)

-Aimee

Amiee Good luck
Courtney, I love your new little puppy she looks so darn cute, just look at that face!!!!!

Thank you everyone for the welcome back. So far I think I am doing good. A few bad choices here and there but I knew they were bad that is a start.
I am such a scale person for the past couple of weeks I did not get on it so I think that is why I did not stick with the healthy eat habits. I am a scale person. 3 pounds is a lot for me because 3 pounds takes weeks for me to lose but just a week or so for me to gain. but the good news is I am going to get that off and work towards my sept goal. I have a tough month a head of me but will do it.

Question, do you find that if you eat something with a bunch of sugar in it you crave sugar for a while and if you get it out of your system you do not crave it as much? I hope you understand my question.

Thanks Beth and Courtnie!! My bf prepped me last night, I am pretty prepared, you know, except that I'm sO tired this morning. I gotta perk up here! I think showering will help.

Courtnie - hope all goes well with your puppy! I look forward to hearing her REAL name.. quite the little name journey you've been on .. lol.

Beth - wb! Sorry I m issed your post last night.. The sugar thing totally happens to me.. once sugar is out of my system I am fine not having it. The same goes for pasta with me, so it totally makes sense to me!

Well ladies, I am off to finish packing! I won't be back until later later probably, because once we arrive in Seattle I am going to cut my hair and get some colour put in it. I am pretty excited :) I'll ttyl!

-Aimee

So I was sitting here thinking about all these goals I have set, be at this weight by this date blah blah blah. I never make them. I almost made my birthday one but I still didn't make it. I still have 12 pounds to lose on this one (prob more cuz I think I am up! argh) - anyway I have decided that I am going to aim for 160 by the end of that year. That is 1 pound a week. It is far less then what I have set myself in the past, maybe I can make this goal.

I am trying to stay around 1500 calories a day (was 1700-1800 before) - I am hoping this will get me losing without all the exercise I was doing before. I am slightly depressed because the scale has been up for over a week now. But I am just going to keep plugging away - slow and steady wins the race!

hey everyone.

i'm out of the diet loop today and maybe this weekend. I hope not. I'm planning my next LA trip and I want to be at least 20 pounds lighter.

yea right I'm going to give up getting on the scale already. it's only been one day and I have already jumped on it this morning. never mind about that little challenge lol

courtnie-i'm the same way about my goals, but only i haven't really done anything to get there. i think 1 pound a week is way awesome and something that could easily be done. it's almost puppy day!!! woohoo!! I bet you'll be more active playing with your puppy and taking her for walks and stuff so don't be too bummed about the gain. love your new pic!!! you do not look like an asian boy ;)!!!

aimee--i hope the interview goe sreally well for you. good luck. have tons of fun in seattle. i hope you post some pics of your new do ( i wanna see!!)

Beth-oops!! I just understood your question. I think that is definitely true. it happened to me with soda for awhile (not no more) i wasn't drinking soda, only water, and I never craved it. And when I did drink it, it was too sweet and not what I wanted. (but then I started to drink more and now I want it all the time....two already today!!!) so i think once it's out of your system, you don't think twice about it.

hop everyone's thursday is going good.

chat with ya later!!!

Rosario - that is an old pic, just new to you guys! haha Thats from back on November. Yes ALMOST puppy day - I am going crazy!

I want to call her Shortcake - of course the boyfriend said no, like any other name I want but he did say Shortee was okay! And then maybe I can just put Shortcake on her tags, haha

Hey Ladies, I am in Seattle!! My bf and brother are playing video games, how man-like! heh. My bro's gf is off doing something, and will join us for dinner around 7-7:30. Tomorrow we are gonna hit the stores, I am on the hunt for a longer short, hopefully to cover my fat knee problem.. lol..

I also reflect around my birthday, which may also be a part of why Josh and I are going to do SB, one last ditch effort to get under 222 (magic number for some reason.. its the last weight I really remember). I suppose its like New Years Resolutions, only I get to do t hem twice a year..

So on to the interview!! It went alright, I was pretty hard on myself about how I answered things, and there is one questions I would like to re-do. Josh went in and talked to them to find out how they thought it went, and both the manager and assistant manager thought it went well. I was clear and concise which they both really liked. I don't have the experience to be the assistant manager of the photolab, but they want me to work there all the same. We shall see, I gotta get on the Curves thing, because thats truely where I'd like to be working. I guess I saved all my rambling for here! It's almost 7pm, so I'm going to go change for dinner.. I was sweating my butt of.. sooo hot!

-Aimee

I think I am going to take a break I have been so worried about how much I weigh that I have been driveing myself crazy....I have a doc app on the 1st and then I will have "the girls" worked on the next week on the 9th I think I will eat right and stay away from the scales till its all over with....I hope this break will give me some time to think about my goals......May be I will make some new ones....I wanted to be 175 by My b-day but thats not going to happen. I did not want to be 40 and over weight....I will just have to keep on keeping on I guess....

As for the sugar thing YES I started back drinking sweet tea and I want it all the time now!!! I hate myself for doing that I know its hurt me on my weight...

Okay ladies, I have changed the way I weight myself. It is going to be inthe mornig after I blow dry my hair before I eat breakfast, nude. I was all over the scale when I was weighting my self before but seems like it stays pretty much the same durning this morning time so I have new number for now,

170.00

Hi everyone...Sorry for being missing in action for so long!! I just wanted to check in and say that I'm still alive and that I need a big kick in the butt to get back on track! I haven't been eating well or exercising. Luckily, I haven't gained, but I definitely won't be able to lose as much weight as I wanted to before my friend's wedding.

We still don't know what exactly happened to Sean's eye...he has another appointment today with a new doctor, and that doctor will most likely want to send him to a neurologist as well. This whole thing has definitely been scary. His vision is fine now, but there could be some serious underlying problem that caused it still.

My poor dog has also been sick...he's having some allergy issues that causes bumps on his skin (folliculitis), and he also has an ear infection. We're back to the vet for a follow-up a little while after Sean's appointment today. So...when I get back from the appointments I'll have to catch up and see how everyone is doing!!