I'm doing fantastic on my short term goals. But my long term isn't up until late April... so hopefully, I'll do good all through Christmas!

But, I have to say, I cannot believe it's only 13 weeks until christmas! Yay! :dizzy:

Rosario - thats 2 not so great meals... totally recoverable. Don't dwell, just get back on that diet! I am training all by myself for this 5k, I'm going to follow the Couch 2 5K program, it's exactly 9 weeks long. Totally perfect for me. You can also do a running program on your own.. just get some good music!

I downloaded some new music for my ipod today :) And I also went for a walk! I walked to pick up my car from work (Josh drove himself this morning), which was 25 minutes, and then I drove to the little lake and walked around that twice. I am pretty proud of myself :) Especially since earlier in the week when I went to go for a walk I felt horrible.. everything hurt, and I barely made 15 minutes! I'll start the actual running next week.

-Aimee

aimee--good job on your excercise. you should be proud of yourself. good luck to you when you start the running. remember, baby steps. btw--are you still watching Laguna Beach?? I am actually starting to like this season. Those girls are so ridiculous its funny :)

I am starting Day 1 all over again. I wasn't getting excercise in and I was slipping up pretty bad on my meals. Since I want to use the detox phase to my advantage, I am going to follow the plan perfectly. Excercise included!! Easier said than done, but I just have to ask myself "How bad do I really want it??" I want it soooo bad!!!

*********! TOM came this morning! I've been doing so well! I'm going to gain because of him.:(

Originally Posted by JasonsLea:
*********! TOM came this morning! I've been doing so well! I'm going to gain because of him.:(

but it will go away, mine should be coming tomorrow am.

I am down 1.2 again this week tho, .2 pounds away from 40 lost!

Here!! :)

gah! i need to get in gear!!!!!!!

Please don't remind me.

Ugggh.

I'm still stuck at 187.

Yesterday I was 188 and freaked. I thought I had gained a pound! Now I realize it must have been water. I'll have my 3 workouts in this week and I'm restricting my calories to no more than 1200 a day for the rest of the week. We'll see what happens. I swear I'm this "" close to not eating anything, I'm so frustrated. That will backfire though. Grrrr.

I tired to do good today... according to fit day I was right around 1600 (my limit) - but I dunno if all my food is right. I give myself a star if I am at or under 1600... I dunno if I should give myself one for today or not :/

BUT this morning I did stand on the scale, 175.0 even. 15 pounds left before xmas. 40 pounds lost total. And lightest I ever remember being. Today was a good day :)

Hope everyone is doing well and for those of you that has fallen off the wagan - get back to it!! I miss everyone :)

Oh Wow Courtnie!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!! :hug:

Two biggies in one day! Yay you! :D

Courtnie - congrats :) 175.. I remember when you were first starting, and now you've lost 40 pounds, wowsers!

Alright, I know I've been slacking, BUT !! I have started to run again, I am going 3 times a week, and have been a little better with food because of it as well. This morning was the little wakeup call though, I woke up with this massive headache, I don't know how a headache could actually hurt THAT badly without killing you. At 6am I took 3 pills for it, and then at 7am I barfed them up... definitely TMI! So I guess I'm not eating so good, that headache was food related. PS - I am TERRIFIED of barfing due to past experiences, so to let things get to that was not good. I am feeling a little better now, weak and still got a little headache.

Weigh in day tomorrow.. hopefully I didn't gain from this morning's thing (I sometimes get SUPER bloated fora couple days after throwing up).

-Aimee

hey everybody!!

well I m struggling along trying to stick with Fat Smash. So far, the outcome has not been good. I have already splurged for lunch. I don't know why I can't seem to stick with it. It's driving me crazy. I guess I juts have to keep trying and maybe one day It'll just click.

courtnie--congrats on hitting the 40 pound mark. like aimee, i remember when you were starting out and how frustrated you were and now look at where you are. way to go!!!

aimee--way to go on the running. hopefully those headaches straighten out and don't become a problem for you. keep it up!!

talk with you gals later.

I am down to 179 this week. Only 29 more to go until Christmas.
Terrie

I just noticed.. I am actually the weight my drivers liscene says, wooo!

Rosario - we are both kinda sucking right now... we GOTTA get thru this and get losing for christmas! So what should we do? I think we should both start posting every day.. I know for me when I come here I get more motivated. Well sometimes.. lol. These days I feel like a failure for not being able to "get it" and just keep going. And then on Saturday I'm going to a party, with drinking, yikes, not gonna be good. I'm vowing to get right on it on Monday (only because I'm going outta town on Sunday), I say we join together and get thru this together... what do yah say?

Courtnie - congrats :) I can't figure out the difference between pounds and whatever they use on the licenses... heh..

-Aimee

Hey everyone. This week has been ROUGH! My computer profile has been completely wiped clean which is why I haven't been on here in a while. I lost hundreds, and I mean HUNDREDS, of clips/pictures/documents/links! Over THREE years worth of stuff! I've been taking water aerobics for three days straight and I am SO sore it's ridiculous. I'm hoping and praying that this program a friend is sending will work and I can get my stuff back. I'll check back in later.

JasonsLea - thats rough... hope everything works out for you!

I've been doing a LOT of thinking lately, how I percieve myself, how I push how I feel about myself onto others.. it's not really doing me that good. So I want to train myself to think nicer thoughts about myself, and reread a magazine article which is supposed to teach how to do that. It's going to be hard work, harder than the daily workouts. But I'm going to commit myself to 30-45 minutes of exercise a day, and start with drinking 6-8 glasses of water. Diet to follow after I have those things, I think it's just too hard to do it all at once. I hope this isn't just me repeating this same thing over and over, I hope it's the mental click I need to do this right.

So that being said, I went to a Martini party last night, had quite a few drinks, and got Wendy's on the way home to soak up that hangover. heh. But it was fun to get out.. definitely hard to be the biggest girl there, no one cared though.. unless you count me. You know... I never thought I'd be the fat chick who makes all the semi chubby ones feel better about themselves. Uhm, and those kinda comments are why I need to think better about myself.

I'm just babbling now..

-Aimee

Aimee -

I think you are on the right track and know you can do it! Giving myself a star everyday I eat good has definatly helped me. One star = $2 towards new cloths. Makes me work a little harder anyway.

That being said, I am down a total of 2.2 pounds from last week :) But I just stuffed my face with a huge turkey dinner, haha

Hi yall. Computer still messed up, I've given up and am going to put it in the shop next week (the week I get paid). Soooo, I will be mostly gone until the computer gets fixed. I promise I will try to stop in and at least read up on everyone. I am so lost without you guys. :(

you gotta love thanksgiving....I can't wait until November....good thing I am here in ATL-my bf's family doesn't eat the traditional food ie, mashed potatoes, turkey, pumpkin pie, etc...so I always don't end up overeating. Boy, I sure miss home.

courtnie-wtg on the loss. wow, you are just going lower and lower. awesome!! btw-i wish I didn't have to lie about the weight on my license ;)

aimee--well, I better see your butt here everyday posting away. posting usually does help me be accountable but lately I have been sucking so bad at staying on plan. grrrrrr....but I'm trying to change it. I definitely wanna lose some poundage by christmas. how's the running going???

shari-i hope you are able to save all that stuff that was lost. it sucks losing memories like that. good luck!!

I am trying to hang in there and stay op. already goofed up for today. but I am not stopping and starting over tomorrow. i am done with that. I am just going to move on from it and keep going. wish me luck!!

chat with ya later!

I think both Rosario and Aimme deserve a huge pat on the back.

You have both had troubles getting the scale to move but you have not given up! And I think that is amazing! Just keep working hard, eventually it will click and you guys will be at your goal in no time. We all have our bad days but it is important to not let those bad days turn into bad weeks :)

Good luck, both of you can do it!

One thing that has REALLY helped me is to only eat the serving on the package. A serving should fill me up, even if I still feel hungry I stop. Within a few mintues I am full. Its a mental thing, I used to be big on putting as much on my plate as I could, now I just fill it half up becaue I know that is all my body needs :) I never thought I would be one to measure, but I do now and it helps. For some things I am like WOW thats not very much, and others I am like WOW thats more then I thought! I only measure stuff that is easy to go overboard on, like rice, cereal, nuts, etc.

I got on the scale at the gym today and I'm about 2 pounds down. FINALLY it's kicking back into gear. It's also TOM so maybe I'm a bit lower. I feel relieved. :)

Sorry I didn't really post today, I have a massive headache (when the HECK Are they gonna STOP!?!?!).. I'll post tomorrow.. things are going alright otherwise over here tho.. more tomorrow.

-Aimee

Yay I got on my scale this morning and it says 233!! Which is what my ticker says... but I've been at 235-237 for the last week or so! Yesterday I was 235, so I guess it's really a loss of 2 pounds? Phew! So glad to be back down here.. now to push on and get below 227!

Rosario - So the running is going pretty good, I'm on week 2, did day 1 yesterday. It was a little hard, but I figure, it's only a 20 min workout, I can push thru 90 second intervals of running. Its kind of hard to believe that I'll actually be running 30 minutes total in 8 weeks from now. I think the exercise is really helping me with getting that scale back down, sometimes it inspires me to eat better. Plus its nice to have a goal other that weight.. I get tired of not meeting my weight loss goals I set.

Courtnie - I know I get so used to thinking I am a failure because I'm not sticking with this every single minute of the day... but I think you are on to something. We really could have given up at any moment.. but we push on, gain or loss.

Kierr - congrats on the 2 pound loss!! :)

-Aimee

I am SO frustrated today! I got on the darn scale, after having a good eating day yesterday.. and the scale says 235!! How is that POSSIBLE?? Yesterday I was SO good, I did 1 hour of Tae-Bo, and ate soup for dinner instead of fast food! Grrrr!

-Aimee

Hi everyone...I'm glad I found all of you again! I'm back...AGAIN...after not posting for awhile. I've been off-plan for too long now, but this past Monday I started eating better and exercising again. I think the last time I posted I was mentioning how Sean's mom was going to be visiting, and how I was going to try to watch what I ate while she was here. Well...I didn't, and when she left I still didn't...which made me gain weight all the way back up to my highest weight ever. :(

Getting to that weight AGAIN made me realize that I need to get in gear for real this time! So...I'm glad to be back with everyone. I haven't set specific weight goals yet, but I am trying to exercise EVERY DAY until my birthday which is October 22. After that I figure I'll drop down to 5 times a week or so.

Hope everyone has been doing well!

hey guys...how is everybody.

me, i could be better. i have decided to get off of fat smash. I found it to be too restricitng which led me to binge whenever I got the chance. I am going back to plain ol portion control, lots of fruits and veggies, no junk food, and lots of excercise. I know this is going to be easier to stick to than fat smash.

robin-the thing to do is to jump back in and that's what you have done. you are on the right track already. just hang in there and the scale will go back down to where it used to be.

aimee-just throw the scale out the window. Just because it is up do not, i repeat do not, let it stop you from being OP. don't throw it all away because of one dumb scale. because if you are patient enough it'll probably drop drastically in the week to come. hang in there girlie.


kierr---woohoo!!! 2 pound losses kick butt!!!

courntie-that's some good food for thought. I know sometimes the servings on the package aren't enought for me (especially when it comes to pasta!!) but I am going to try to incorporate fruits and veggies in at meal times so that I get full without overeating. it's time for me to be a measurer again lol.

have a great friday everybody!!!

Rosario--I've been trying to incorporate LOTS of veggies at mealtime...even more so than I usually would and it has definitely helped to fill me up. Besides making different kinds of salads, I've also been roasting mixed veggies in the oven for about 25-30 minutes at 400 degrees. I'll use green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, carrots...basically whatever looked good at the store or the farmers market. I'll top them with olive oil and garlic, or sometimes I get a little fancier and make a dressing with cilantro, lime or lemon, garlic, and hot sauce.

So...we're most likely going out to eat for the first time since I recommitted to eating healthy. I WILL make a healthy choice at the restaurant and won't try to rationalize eating unhealthy foods just because I'm out to eat!

Robin! your back! YAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Rosario--- Ug, I hear ya. I just want the weight gone so bad I plan on these HIGHLY restrictive diets that I end up binging up to, never do, and then binging after I made the decision to not go through with it (I'm not saying that this is you---- just me! ;)).

I want that freakin' scale to shift itself downwards I am so p***ed off. I am back up to 157.5 but I outright REFUSE to change that ticker. I will get down again and push further.

I am just struggling now. But........ I think that now is a hard time on all of us. :(
Must be something in the air................

shrinkingchica--yup that's me too!! lol

I am 2 lbs. closer to my Christmas goal. I have been binging a lot lately. I have got to stop. Excercise is the only thing that has kept me losing. I am also walking, running, and the last few weeks I have been lifting weights 3 x week.
I know when my body gets adjusted I will stop losing if I don't watch my diet.
Terrie

Rosario - I didn't let the scale get the best of me yesterday.. this morning I got up, had a healthy breakfast and am planning to go for a long walk and have got beef strips and broccoli (homemade) for lunch. Today I am DETERMINED to eat at LEAST 2 healthy meals, my brother gets into town later and he is the king of eating out. I think it's definitely a good idea to measure certain things.. I don't measure fruit or veggies..

I'm with you two, Rosario and shrinkingchica.. I tend to try to follow a highly restrictive diet, and then end up going to ALL fast food or something. I don't usually eat tons of food at a time, but those cheeseburgers add up all the same. I have to stop with the pop... thats probably my biggest issue.

I REALLY want to make this Christmas goal, not just to be thinner, but to feel better about myself. I am SO tired of NOT accomplishing things, and it just makes me feel like a failure, and then I don't figure I am worth the time it takes to lose the weight.. and that I'm just meant to be this weight. I just want to accomplish this, and have that to think about when I'm losing the rest of the weight... does that make sense to anyone but me?

-Aimee

aimee--that makes lots of sense to me. how many goals have we set for ourselves and how many have we actually met? I get so frustrated but I know it's my own fault for not being diligent with what i eat or how much excercise I get. I know I am not meant to be this way, I am this way becuase I have been lazy and gluttonous (scary word!! if it is even a word lol) And really I am just sick of being this way.

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I'm putting the comp in the shop on Monday and should have it back by Friday or Saturday. So one more week! YAY! My eating has been crappy considering I've been letting myself get stressed about the computer. I can't wait to be back on track!