Bandit, :goodscale: weigh to go! :bravo: :balloons: :carrot: and all sorts of good cheer. I think it's wonderful that you lost so much weight, kept it off, and now have lost another pound. Bandit , you are rocking!!!!!! Keep up the good work and have a fun-filled weekend.
Judy
234.6/191/180's and thinner :cool:

Bandit--I want to try Zumba sooooo badly!! They have a class at Curves, so I am going to try it Tuesday. :dancer: I have heard wonderful things about it!! The Weekly this week talked about calling the hotel and asking them to empty the minibar so you're not tempted, then fill it with on plan foods! Have fun in Cuba!

Princess--:bday2you:I hope your day, week and this next year is WONDERFUL. I joined WW a week after my birthday last year, so I have yet to have the birthday dilema (to eat cake? to eat ice cream? to stay on plan? etc.). But it's coming up.......

Itryharder--I think the goals I listed above in a previous post are what I am going to stick with. If I remember those and do them every hour of every day, then I will lose weight and inches, no doubt about it!

I weighed in the morning and I was SHOCKED! She said "Good job, you're down 1 lb". I was like, DOWN 1 pound?! WHAT??!!

I have done the same thing as Princess in the pass, just PIG out the night of my WI and start a new week the next day. And I never learned anything from it because I would still lose, albeit, a small amount. So, with persistence, I am going to stay on plan 7 days a week, 168 hours a week. I, honestly, would really like take out pizza for dinner tonight. But, I'm going to have a home cooked meal, one of my husbands favorites. Plus, I am making homemade pizza on Sunday for football, so I'll get my craving fix then!

Curves was good today, a bit more intense because I am more familiar with the machines and I pushed harder. I found a treadmill on Craigslist for $50, so I am hoping I can convince hubby to get it. Crossing my fingers!!

Do any of you ladies go to Curves or ever been? I am a little discouraged because on another forum someone told me "the truth is that anyone who knows anything about fitness knows that Curves is pretty much useless." (I copied and pasted that). If your familiar with their system, it's hydraulic machines that YOU power and YOU put the effort in to get the results. Sure, it might not grow (or shrink, haha) with me, but I think it's a perfectly fine starting point. To join I would have to have an EFT taken out for a year, which is fine with me. After 1 year if I need something more, I can move on to a "real" gym. But for someone who isn't familiar with weights/weight training, i think this is a PERFECT starting point. Plus, I won't hear lugs grunting when lifting weights, I won't be intimidated by men who look like they live at the gym, the set up fits me, the woman are nice AND, it's ALL woman, even the employees! It fits where I am right now. Why do I feel like I need to explain this? Geesh...Anyway, that got me really down when I read it. Then I start thinking about the costs VS Planet Fitness and I am wondering if I should just suck up the negatives I don't like about PF (I had a membership there once) and save money? Uggghhhhh. I am too impressionable! I LOVE Curves so far!!

:cheer::cheer::cheer:Good job ladies!!! Way to go!!!

:celebrate: Happy Birthday Princess!!!

I had my weigh in today and.............:goodscale: I'm so excited!! I lost 4.8 in my first week! I know it will slow down drastically after this week, but I was super pumped, I really wasn't expecting any loss at all! I didn't do very well this week staying on plan, but I guess I did something right :)

We had take out pizza for dinner, but I had points reserved for that.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!! It's movie night w/ my kiddos...i'm about to go pop some popcorn (air popped) and pop in the movie :)

Mrs. D. :goodscale: :bravo: :balloons: :cheer: :cheers: That's wonderful that you lost weight. You're doing this!!! Yay. Keep up the good work.

Lots2go, what a wonderful start! :goodscale: :cheers: :carrot: :balloons:
Oh my goodness. You've almost got a star your first week. Congrats and keep up the good work.

turtles, isn't this great news? Glad you two joined us.
Judy
234.6/191/180's and thinner :cool:

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday to you all! They are calling for rain pretty much all weekend, ugh, DH and I were going to take a bike ride later today but not sure that is going to happen since the sky is pretty gloomy and dark. Thats ok though, D-DIL and I are going to head to the farmers market and then I might go to a knitting class so it will be a nice day.

We went to supper last night at one of our usual resturants, I tried something new - it was still fish but fixed differently, it was a nice evening over all and I think I did ok with the exception of the salad, it had a lot of stuff in it that was not friendly, like bacon and cheese but that was my splurge since I was NOT getting dessert.

Lots: Congrats on your loss, that is really wonderful!

MrsD: I would say that you should do what you want to do and not listen to what the others say, Curves sounds like a great starting point for you and that is all that matters!

Judy: Have a great weekend!

Bandit: Congrats on the 1 lb loss! I think your goal if very do-able!

Have a great day all!

Have fun at farmers market and your knitting class princess :) Hope you had a happy birthday!

I had my "long run" this morning. We did 7 miles, but my tummy wasn't feeling so great, so I walked a lot of it, it took me an hour and 45 minutes! But you know what?! I was moving, and that is what matters :) now its time for some deep cleaning at our house. I might take a break first and read a couple chapters in my book. Hope everyone has a restful weekend! Happy Saturday!!!

My husband and I talked about it and I just can't justify the membership to Curves when I work minimal part time hours. Curves comes out to $380 a year and Planet Fitness comes out to $160 a year. Plus, I feel like Planet Fitness will grow with me.

Msr. D- Great Job on the 1 pound down this week. Great Job.

Lots2go- WOW! 4.8 pounds down your first week. That is great.:carrot:
I like to read to. Probably not the same stuff but who knows.

Judy, Bandit, Princess, Lif4evr- Just saying Hi and letting everyone know I am still here.

Oh and weigh in for WW is today since I started on a Saturday. Weighed 227.8 Down 1 pound from last week.

Cherry, :goodscale: that's great that you're down another pound. Weigh to go!

Princess, glad you had a :hb: dinner. Salad sounds yummy and just as good as a dessert.

Okay, gotta run. Had some challenges today because when we get together with dd and grandson all our eating plans revolve around our grandson. It was taking much longer than I thought, so I got out my chicken salad in a tin and poured it over the salad I thought to bring with me and it worked out fine. I also had brought a yogurt with me and a bar, so I had plenty to eat. Now it's time for dinner. I'm doing this one step at a time and I'm making sure I eat about every 2-2 1/2hours. Works for me.

Good luck everybody. Ha ve a great weekend.
Judy
234.6/191/180's and thinner :cool:

Good morning everyone and happy rainy Sunday morning! We are suppposed to get a lot of rain over the next few days so will have to do inside exercise which is fine, I still have my gym membership so I will blow the dust off my card and get my butt down there and catch a class or two. Maybe I will try and get a swim in today or something. We are going to DS house for my B-Day family dinner which will be fun. The nice thing about our family birthday suppers is that we get to pick it all so I picked grilled chicken, baked potato, salad, veggie kabob's and a cake (which I will leave at the kids house ;))

D-DIL & DGS & I went to the farmers market and stopped at a local coffee and bagel shop on our way, I had a pumpkin bagel (plain & toasted) and a coffee which was my breakfast and then we walked from there to the market. There was so much wonderful produce at the market! OMG! The summer stuff was still in and the fall veggies were in also, what a fun place that is to walk around!

MrsD: Which ever gym you choose I am sure you will do great, I think the key is to just get out and use the facility on a regular basis.

Cherry: Congrats on the 1 lb! That is wonderful! What are you reading now?

Judy: Sounds like you did really good and planning a head worked for you!

Lots: Wow! 7 miles is huge no matter how you do it! Congrats!

Bandit: Cuba! What fun! Yeah, not all spanish/carribean food is created equal LOL, but it is not about the food anyway right, walking on the beach, shopping, site seeing, etc should take up lots of your time.

I have to run, lots to do today.

Hi Turtles,
We're doing great!
Mrs. D, any kind of :strong: you can do will work out fine. You're on the right track.
Princess, have a great :hb: dinner with your family. I love that you and your dil get along so well. It's a wonderful thing.
Bandit, have a wonderful time in Cuba. I've never been, nor have I visited Puerto Rico where the beaches :swim: are also supposed to be great. I went to Cancun, Mexico once and had a great time with my sixteen year old daughter. Anyway----have a great time and let us know about it when you're back.

Today will be unpredictable, but I've got my food ready. Right now we don't have plans, but that can change once my dd and grandson gear up. I love their visits, but just have to pace my eating as to when I need to eat. Eating every 2-2 1/2 hours even though they are tiny bits works.

Terri, Life4evr, Seabiscuit, Lots2go , and Mrs. D. have a wonderful day.
I love we're all involved in this challenge. WEigh to go!
Judy
234.6/191/180's and thinner :cool:

Hi Turtles,
I tried to set a ticker. Let's see if I did.
Judy

Nope, I didn't. Okay-----well, I'll just keep on posting my weight loss and my working toward goal.
Judy
down 43.6/12# to go for first goal. Yay.

Awesome Job Judy! You are doing so great! Yes, my DIL means the world to me, I try very hard to not cross any lines and just be a friend, she is a really nice person and fun to be around. Since I am on my 3rd marriage I have a couple MIL examples of what not to act like so I walk a fine line lol.

I went to supper at the kids house and DH and I had a great time I ate my meal, had a small piece of birthday cake and enjoyed the company. DGS feel asleep before dessert, he was in his highchair and the back of it lays back so they reclined it and he just kept sleeping... LOL, my how things have changed since my boys were young.

Have a great day all, raining cats and dogs here so we are in for the night and going to curl up with a hot cup of tea.

Well Turtles.....yesterday turned in to a very very lazy day for me :) I did nothing...I did make a chicken tortilla soup from Pioneer Woman....mmmmm very very good. It has lots of veggies in it, with taco seasoning and chicken...so it wasn't too bad, i did add some light sour cream and some avocado so it added up but it was healthy stuff.

I read my entire book I read "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard (the woman who was kidnapped at 11 and released 18 years later. A very good book, very sad, and it makes me want to hold my babies close. It was good nontheless. I'm also reading "Redemption" by Karen Kingsbury too, and it's really good too.

Today we had a bbq dinner after church and I cleaned out my weekly points (2 days into my week lol)

I'm very torn by what to do with my activity points. I already have 25 because of my long run. I'm scared to experiment with eating them, but I'm afraid if I don't that I *might not lose....I just don't know. I guess the only way to know what will happen is to try...

I think I'll have some popcorn for dinner :) Hope everyone has a great Sunday, what's left of it anyway.