Well my eating is going better. Still having chocolate but not as much!

We had one of those rain storms... you know the kind that floods everything. Well I got this "GREAT IDEA" lol, to go and do a 5k run in it.

And I did. Took my puppy and my friend Posh and we ran our asses off. We were soaked to the bone... not a dry spot on us. She thought she had peed her pants having just had her 3rd baby a yr ago, I informed her that no it was the fact that we were running in the biggest rain storm we have had in over a yr! LOL. But we did it and I was so proud of myself and her! And hello my puppy did a rocking job too!

Now I just have to keep from eating cause I am having a crappy day!

Andrea/BAV

I hope all of you are doing good on your weight loss.

i am not sure how i am doing,,I have been so freaking deperssed lately that I am even scared to weigh myself...I have not been eating bad..but i have been a bit laxadasical on my workouts.

being deperssed..then feeling like a fat cow on top of that dont add up to good times..ya no??

still down a partenr..i dont know what happen to Mellissa..I know she has been dealing with things over the hurricnae and what not so I am sure she has more improant things to worry about.

if anyone wants a partener let me know...i mean i knolw its not nessacry...but its sometimes nice to have someone help keep you motivated..

well have a good one..i will check back in later

christina

So after a long, long break and being heavier then EVER (other then when I am prego) I am back. Ready to start new. Why am I more ready this time.... maybe because this time it is just for me. Maybe because I am more settled in my life.... or because I can see just how I have been treating myself. The only time I was taking for myself was to go grocery shopping. I just got caught up in the move and the kids and everyone else .... just not myself. There are a few changes I need to make in my every day life and one of them is to slow down and take time for me. You would think that with all the running around I do I should be 10 lbs... but ya not so much. Anywho, I am back if you will have me.

Andrea... aka BAV

I would love a partner! My email address that I most often check is: bcollins@corillian.com Shoot me an email if you want to partner with me! Thanks!



Edited to add: Posted by Becky

Whooo hooo I lost TWO pounds :) I'm happy. See? I'll motivate you, pick me pick me to be your partner, i feel like im in 2nd grade again and being the last one picked to join a team. *sniff* :) just kidding... really I'm okay... but happy that the scale actually moved...down that is... My biggest gripe is that I eat at night. if only I could stop doing that. Anybody have any tips on craving the night munchie attacks?

I believe Mandi and Zoe partnered up. We still need someone for Aisha. (She's really cool! I'd snatch her up before someone else does!)

:)

~Tee

I am so excited to report that tonight at my weigh in I had lost 3.6 lbs!! I am so excited because last week I actually went up in weight. I was sick though and the WW lady told me that our bodies hold onto weight when we are sick. Ummmm, RIGHT! I don't know if that is true but I decided that serious measures needed to be taken. I really focused hard on staying within my points and not giving in to those addictions! I also dragged my recovering body out of bed this morning to go to a killer kick boxing class. So tonight at my weigh in I had a great surprise! I am so excited!

~Zoe

so how are ya,ll doing?....going so so here..I have not had a chance to get on my hamster wheel..(treadmill) for about a week...

hello my name is christina and I have a decorating probelm..yes I have single handedly nearly redecorated every room in my home in the last 3 weeks..I can not stop...i need threapy..

anyway, i am still doing alright..I have not been able to weigh myslef last few weeks i keep forgetting about it...but i manage i have not went down an awful lot..i am getting into high gear though...i dont have much to lose..so i need to get moving..

i dont know what happen to my partner melissa..i dnt hear form her anymore..so if anyone needs a partner give me a hallor...even if i do find missy..i can always use the extra encourgement..

well thats all i have for now..take care

christina

Owen's Tigger Cake 

Edited to add: Posted by Mandi

Hey all,

I haven't dropped any pounds this week, but at least the numbers didn't go up! Which is quite impressive considering that I only walked 3 times and had one of my God sons' 1st birthday party!

I made him this cute Tigger cake, so ofcourse I had to have a peice.


Chose a granny smith last night instead of mint chocolate chip icecream!

My husbands birthday is on Wednesday, so I'll be making another cake this week!

If anyone is still looking for a partner, I'm free.

Hope everyone is doing well! Talk to you soon!

Ciao,
Mandi

So I dont know if we share tips here but last night I was having a major nacho craving and today I had it again and I figured out how to cure it! Really the thing I like about nachos is having something to munch on while I study or walk around. So I substituted it with baby carrots. I put them in my fridge in an easy access location so now when I want to munch I grab that and it really takes away the craving for the nacho. Who knew! :)

Edited to add: Posted by Aisha

They're my weakness because once you have one you must have more. Today I was studying and I said "just a handful and thats it" but then I had three more handfuls. *sigh*... right now I'm in the middle of a hard case and I could really use some more. I'm fighting the urge. Will not give in!!! I'm such an emotional eater. When I look at the scale it always goes up as my stress goes up. I wish I was like my friends who say "oh my gosh I lost ten pounds cuz i'm so stressed out!"

Before I got married I worked out ate right and lost 30 pounds in about 6 months. I did it by counting my points with Weight Watchers (though I didnt officially join I just learned how they worked) and being strict about it. I remember how good it would feel to wake up in the morning and feel good not icky because you binge ate the night before and you can feel it still in your tummy. It took about six weeks before I began atualy losing weight but then it started falling.

Over time I wasn't tempted anymore. I remember I'd go to restaurants and look only at their "light" stuff, salad on the side, etc. I didn't even WANT to touch the bread at red lobsters...It is amazing not to be tempted anymore because over eating was my addiction and it felt good to be free.

I still remember when I fell off track. It was our honeymoon and we were at a nice restaurant in Charelston and I figured.... oh well I'll order the Cajun pasta since its' my honeymoon I deserve it. I remember looking at the dish and I didnt want it. But I ate it. And I guess like an addict I remembered how good it felt to eat and slowly I fell off the wagon.

I love to eat. Food is delicious and something that gives life richness. When I lost weight three and a half years ago I had trained myself to see my food addiction as an addiction. Food was good but I had to moderate. Self discipline. And the feeling of fitting into size 5's was incredible and it made it so worth it.

Four yeras later I don tknow how I gained it all back. It's harder now too. My husband loves me. He wants me to lose weight because he knows how I lack confidence in myself, and that affects us. But I dont know why I can't seem to resist like I used to.

They say it takes 21 days to break a bad habit so if you stick to kicking it for 21 days straight the statistics are in your favor that you'll break the habit.

Well at least right now I'm not eating the nachos.

I dont know if this a site where I can vent about stuff like this. If its not please let me know and I wont!! I just needed a release to a crowd that maybe understood what I feel right now.

Thanks.

- Aisha

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I could use a partner if anyone needs one, here is me! :) - Aishacs@yahoo.com

Look at that sidebar. Look at the number of members! Can you believe this? We continue to grow each week. We have over 20 smart, funny, powerful, BEAUTIFUL women who are making changes in their lives. We should be unstoppable!

A reminder to all of you - if you still want a buddy I'm sure someone would step up. I can't tell you how much having Sandy to Email to daily about my triumphs and troubles really helps me. Most of what we write isn't even diet/excercise related these days - but it helps just to have that support there, and you can get to know a really cool person and make a best friend for life. What do you have to lose (besides the pounds?) ;)



"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down..."
~Abraham Lincoln


~Tee

I am a new member! My name is Becky and I need to lose about 65lbs. I don't know if I can do it before December 31, but I can get a good start on it. I just stopped smoking, so I'm pretty concerned about gaining weight.... Below is my ticker!

Alright, I got a scolding from Ruthie over in the chatterbox (just kidding, girl.) Seriously, I need to jump back into this thing. (AS DO SOME OF THE REST OF YOU!)

Let's get pumped back up!

Aisha and Kristine have joined and their energy will be contagious! (YAY!) Let's give everybody a good competition! ... Only a few months left. Look at that ticker, girls! We have to get moving!

So if you've slacked off, as I have - let's get back to it!

~Tee

PS - For inspiration see these before and after weight loss photos or These success photos.(DONE NATURALLY WITH DIET AND EXCERCISE!!

PPS - Anyone seen the new weight watchers commercial? Makes me want to cry. Really well done. Awesome.

Well, there is something about watching a 500 lb woman have to be surgically removed from a couch to make me actually step on the scale.

I am at my highest weight since I gave birth to my last daughter... SEVEN years ago.

When I sit, I can feel all of me, everywhere.

I'm 5'9 and people say, "Well, you're tall...you don't look that big."

YES I DO. I look this big. I FEEL this big. My body hurts from carrying this weight.

April 1, 2006 is my ideal weight date. I have a date with the size 10 Kristine.

Hello all, I'm excited to join hopefully it'll give me the motivation I need to shed 20 pounds which shouldnt be an unreasonable goal by December 31st. I'm planning to subsitute meals that would normaly be pizza, or crap with frozen weight watcher/lean cuirsine meals or slim fast drinks. Im also planning to not eat after 8, accompany meals with a lot of water and fight temptation! I hate exercising so I'm scared to put that as a goal in my weight loss challenge because I know realiustically juggling school, life I won't fit the time in. (not can't... just won't :( ).... so here I go! Let's see if a week from now I've lost 2 pounds which is my goal. Aisha

Ok I am sure you have all been wondering where I have been..(not)..LOL

Truth is I have not been doing much...I have been working out, been eating ok, not much else..

I have been busting my hump re doing some rooms in my house..that counts as excerise right??...gosh I hope to God it does...:)

anyway I hope you are all doing fine...I am still alive and kicking...just been a little out of the loop last week,.

Peace to you all and happy weight loss
Toodles
Christina

to swedish berries!

I made it through the week with only *one* swedish berrie attack! *L*

Had a pretty good week overall with eating and what not. We were out of town last Tuesday and had a Chicken burger and fries..... and a frosty from Wendy's. We walked 6km 3 days last week.

Weigh in this morning... DOWN 2! Yeah!

I haven't seen 160 on the scale for almost a year now! I can't wait to see the 150's!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Ciao, Mandi

Ok, I saw my trainer tonight. Here's the breakdown:

I lost 3.5 inches.
I lost 1% body fat.
I gained 4 lbs.

The weight gain is muscle from where I've been using the elliptical machine. According to my trainer, the more time I build up on the ellipical machine, the more muscle gain and weight loss I'll see in the future.

Tonight, instead of doing weights, I did 18 mins on the ellipitcal, and 15 mins on the treadmill. I wish I was seeing more tangible results, but I do feel better. The gym is also my stress reliever from the atmosphere of work.

Maybe I'll have a better check in on my next appointment at the beginning of November, because I plan to stay dedicated to 3+ days a week.

~ruthie

Did anyone catch the season premier of The Biggest Loser? I loved the show last season . . . I gain so much motivation from watching the contestants work their butts off! I have been going to a kick boxing class for the last 2 weeks that pushes me way beyond my limits. I am always in so much pain the next day but I can tell that my body is responding and starting to tone up. I had a WW weigh in tonight - down 1.2! I am bummed that it is slow but . . . again, it is less then I was last week. I hope that everyone else is doing well. We can do it girls!!! :)

You know, despite walking 6km a day for 4-5 days a week, I'm just not losing... oh and I know why! I eat like a piglet! And I eat bad things! Did I mention that my parent's own a bulk food store? Did I mention that I LOVE candy.... *drools* There is something about all that nasty goodness that I just can't resist. At least now I don't feel the need to get candy every time I'm in there.... I can visit the store and just say hello. But sometimes those Swedish Berries are just calling my name! Ahhhhhh! Anywho, I think I'll have to post a wedding picture (when I looked and felt my best) on the fridge and in the snack cupboard.... and maybe on the Swedish Berry bin too!

I've started weening my son, so I'm afraid that when I'm finished nursing I'm going to be really stuck. Atleast I can cut more calories out when I'm done nursing. I guess with a five month old sucking everything out of me, I feel like I need to eat more.... but I know my food choices are crap.... I would like to eliminate junk from my house, but it's not very fair to my hubby..... He has will power, I do not.... *l*

Anyweigh, I've started a *new* weight loss web blog for myself and this is my ticker....





Take care all!

Mandi

This is what always happens to me, I pour everything, 110% of me into a workout and at first I lose a few pounds and then suddenly they find me again and I am stuck. S-T-U-C-K!

I weighed myself yesterday and I am back up to 145-147! Why, how does this happen!? I have been exercising daily for the last three years and have seen NO weight loss at all. I lost five pounds once before about a year ago and the same thing happened, it all came back. I do figure I am gaining some muscle but that doesn't explain why I can't lose weight. I eat well, exercise.... What more could I do??????

I am so frustrated!

Jodi

Okay, so I lost 1.6 lbs. this week - not as much as I had hoped to lose but at least it is 1.6 lighter then I was last week! I am realizing that maybe my "vacation" weight is not going to come off as quickly as I had hoped it would. Go figure!! I have decided to just go ahead and reveal my new (larger than when I started) weight and go from there. So - you will notice my lovely ticker. I am not going to let myself backslide again!!

Good luck to everyone!
~Zoe

doing good here...Worked out everyday last week or so...Getting in about 1200 steps a day..Some days more..Some days a tad less..

eating is good..Not overdoing it...But not doing as much as I could though...But I can handle it...

Been doing weights and treadmill everyday,I am feeling skinner by the second...Oh and something that happen to me..


Saturday I was getting ready for work and I went to put on a pair of jeans I hadn't all summer...And when I put them on..They fell to my ankles..I was like wtf???..

so I put on a new pair of pants I had bought a few weeks ago...And they are big too..So I was happy

hope you all are doing well...I know you are:)

Christina

I did the "strength" portion of my new Tae Bo dvd today. It kicked my butt! And it was a BLAST! After 10 days of doing the 'energy' portion of the dvd, I am down 4 or 5 pounds! I weighed myself this morning and about fell over when the scale didn't say its usual 147. It said 143 and that was AFTER I already ate breakfast. WOOOHOOOOO!

Jodi

Andrea? Ruthie? How are you two coming along? YOU CAN DO THIS!