200+ Recommitting for the New Year!

anvy0530

Good Friday morning lovely ladies!!! Well, it seems that upping the calories a bit to match the exercise has helped the scale move in the right direction. I weighed in at 215 (one of the 3 times I weighed myself, I was 214.8) so I'm down 0.6 pounds from last week! Not bad for having a 4 day Roman holiday right in the middle of my week! I also took my measurements for the first time since October and I've lost an inch off my waist and an inch off my hips (which I could tell by being able to fit into some new size 16 jeans without any lycra in them!!!) as well as random fractions of inches off other places. (Somehow, my right calf and arm are slightly smaller than my left calf and arm - isn't that weird??) Anyways, it's a good way to start off a Friday!!!!!

Hmfishy: I feel you on the mixed messages our parents gave us as kids. My mom had a weight problem almost her entire life (still does, actually). She also had a really, really SAD understanding of nutrition. She was always pushing protein and carrots and banning bread from the house (this was way before Low-Carb existed). She also rewarded us with food for any little thing: Got an A on a paper- have a twinkie, did well at a swim meet- let's get burgers and fries, etc. This ended up being really, really bad for my brother (who has a much slower metabolism than I do and isn't physically active) as he is now somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 pounds (that's wasn't a typo - I DID mean to write 500 pounds). As for me, my mom's weirdnesses about food didn't impact my weight. I was a really active kid/teenager and later joined the military and continued to be really active (I was on my squadron's run team and worked out all the time). Of course, the entire time I was being active and what-not, I was rewarding myself for small accomplishments with food it just wasn't a big deal because I was active enough to burn the extra calories off. It wasn't until I got pregnant and started "rewarding" myself with food (oh, I feel like crap today - how about a quesadilla/Big Mac/ice cream to make me feel better) and NOT being active that it started getting me into trouble. I gained a TON of weight with my pregnancy and began the past 7 years of health problems and misery. Bottom line is: I don't use food as a reward for my son. He gets treats, just like everyone else but they aren't a reward for anything. He gets rewarded with video game time or a movie or something inedible. I hope to keep his view of food "normal" and not warp it into comfort/love like my mom did.

Lacey: Glad Gracie is feeling better. What's up with kids and earwax??? Seriously, I swear I could grow potatoes in Gabriel's ears - it's really horrible!

Have a great Friday peeps!

izzycoyote

Hello everyone,
So glad to see that you're all here. I don't have any other friends who are working on losing weight, so I feel like a major piece that is missing for me is accountability. It's easy to make excuses, etc etc etc when there's no one to call you on it
So...great to meet you all, and see how hard you're working!

anvy0530

Hi Izzy! Welcome to the group. I love this group because we all keep each other accountable for food choices and exercise. Everyone is really motivating. Tell us some stuff about yourself.

pinbotchick

I'm feeling much better and the back pain is gone!!! My first client canceled so I was able to get my run in - 3 miles at 13:57 pace. Tried the new shoes I picked up at the Detroit Expo in October (same brand and size as my old shoes)... On a whim, I looked at treadwear of new and old shoes. I should have been using the new shoes when I started this training. The BodyBugg should be here tonight - YEAH!!! I can't wait to try it out.

I forgot it was weigh in day and already had my running gear on when I saw the scale. I was afraid I'd skip the run if I took it all off. I'll weigh in tomorrow. It wont be pretty as were are having Thai food for dinner. I shopped yesterday and bought out the produce dept so I can cook healthy the rest of the weekend.

Welcome Izzy!!!

I'll take more time to respond to everyone over the weekend. Congrats on the lose Amy!!!

TGIF and enjoy the weekend!!!

akasullengal

Morning ladies! I'm still feeling pretty sick... not horrendously so, but not great. I took off a bit early from work yesterday and napped, but I'm still pretty congested and cruddy in the throat. Needless to say, I didn't exercise yesterday. I did go out to eat last night (thai-yum), and I was up on the scale this morning. ARGH. I'm hoping by the end of the weekend I'm back down again. Depending on how I'm feeling and if I have time between work and seeing my roomies I'm planning on getting a workout in today. Saturday I have to move my body and Sunday I have my Pure Barre class-- I'll let you all know how it goes.

I've got lunch out with the co-workers today and might be doing dinner out with the roomies who are staying with me tonight, so the caloric intake isn't going to be great today. *grumbles*

Laceylala

Happy Friday! I am back at work, happy about it. Gracie is at school..her mental health day (lol) did its job and now she is good to go. That and the hot pink shoes I bought her last night at Target for $10. Totally worth the money.


I weighed this morning to torture myself, I am always WAY up Friday..210.6. But last Friday I was like at 211.2 or something, so hopefully that bodes well for my Monday morning actual weigh in..

_Sarah_

Izzy- Welcome to the group.

Amy- Way to go on the weight loss!

Lacy- My son gets crazy ear wax too. He always has. Crazy thing is he has never had an ear infection.

Kristina- Have a blast with your old roomies.

Well yesterday morning I was back down to 205.8 but this morning it jumped back up a bit. I know it was because I had a couple pints with my brother last night. My brother is a bit of a beer snob and he loves finding new beer. I have turned into a bit of a beer snob myself and so he loves having me over to try his latest finds because I can appreciate them. So even though I know that it's probably just water weight and it's less than a pound, I'm still kicking myself because this could have been avoided. Oh well. I'll up the water today and hope for the best for my weigh in.

KendalBeee

Hi ladies. We made japanese food last night and I'm up a little this morning, so I'm going to see if tomorrow is any better before I weigh in.

Its been hectic at work the past couple days. They swapped out my computer and gave me a laptop and I've been trying to find the right settings for it (we use dual monitors so its a matter of figuring out the settings two times)

We're supposed to get more bad weather Monday and Tuesday of next week (or maybe Tues/Wed...they aren't sure yet). Thats another reason I need to set up my laptop stuff.

The cake/party thing went off great today. I was happy about that.

A lady here at work asked me if I was still losing weight cause it looks like I've lost more. YAY! that made me feel good, especially since I haven't worked out all week. I'm looking forward to starting P90X over again (and getting it right this time).

TOM is finally starting to retreat. ....starting to......hopefully it'll be gone by Sunday.


/my randomness

Sarah- a beer every once in a while isn't too bad....like you said, up the water and you'll be good

Lacey- glad G is feeling better. I had so many earaches when I was a baby they put tubes in my ears. Eventually I quit having earaches though. Hot pink shoes can fix just about any bad day.

Kristina- sorry you aren't feeling too hot.

Victoria- great job getting your run in! I forgot to weigh in till after I got dressed this morning, so I decided to take my jeans off and weigh (hadn't put shoes on yet). If it was more than just taking off my pants, I would have skipped it. lol

izzy- Hi!!! this group is all the support I have and its all I need. Tell us a little about yourself. age? family situation? relationship? kids? pets? where are you from? we talk about everything in our lives, not just our weight loss and I think thats probably why we've kept this group going for so long....

Amy- My family was a lot like yours when I was a kid. Food was a reward. Even now mom and dad have to have a dessert every day after dinner (I'm talking a big hunkin dessert too). Its part of the reason my 12 yo brother is 205 pounds. Granted, he's now an inch or two taller than me, but he's always been husky. I hate to talk to him about his weight though cause I know he's developing a self esteem complex. Mom always tells him not to eat so much and makes him self concious about his size but at the same time, he eats because they keep so much junk food (aka "snacks") in the house and he has also learned to eat dessert after every dinner. Plus he eats out of bordem I think. He's used to eating "snacks" at certain times and ends up eating most of the day when he's really not hungry. I know thats how I got to be so big.

hmfishy- my boyfriend bought these chocolate cake roll things (think the little debbie chocolate rolls, only these are about 3 times bigger and don't have that chocolate coating). When I'm in a grocery store, I can walk past every sweet thing there and say "I don't need to eat those calories so theres no need to waste the money." But once its in the house, I can't stop myself. I had one yesterday and went back for a second a couple hours later and reminded myself that I'd already had one. I know he had good intentions cause I was the one who originally said I wanted something sweet, but I didn't buy it for a reason...

adg- good luck with the 5k! There is so much excitement on those days that you will probably increase your pace without realizing it.

anvy0530

Kendal: Yum...Japanese food! Yay for colleagues noticing the weight loss - I that! My mom does the same thing to my brother that you mom does to yours- she keeps buying all this junk food (chips, ice cream, regular sodas, etc) and then harasses him about his weight when he eats the stuff. If you genuinely care about what your family is eating, then you should stop bringing that junk into the house. Seriously, NO ONE needs to have a honking bowl of ice cream EVERY night!! My mom's been harassing my brother for so long (he's 30 now) that NO ONE can talk to him without him having a major blow-up and leaving the house in a rage. It's really sad.

Sarah: Don't stress too much about a beer or two. I actually schedule some alcohol into my Fridays (usually) as it's right after I weigh in and it gives me time to drink water and get back to normal before the next weigh in. Seeing a little fluctuation in the scale after some restaurant food or alcohol isn't REAL weight gain and it will even itself out. No worries!

Lacey: I me some hot pink shoes! I actually have a pair of hot pink stilettos that go with ONE black dress I own and I adore them. Those and my lavender Moon Boots are my fave.

Kristina: Feel better!!!! Enjoy your roomies.

Victoria: WTG on your run! You HAVE to tell us how your BodyBugg is. I've been thinking about getting one for a year now and just can't seem to pull the trigger on it. I really think my heart rate monitor over estimates my calorie burn, maybe the BodyBugg would be more accurate??

Today I did YogaX and I was FINALLY able to do the Crane pose!!!! I was so happy that I nearly fell on my head. Everyone have a great day!

adgrissom

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement, it is really needed.
WARNING LONG POST:

Just a quick note to all with signifcant other and children: I did put my children and work and everything and everyone before me and in the big picture everyone turned out ok. My daughters are beautiful and have a much better understanding of themselves and how to take care of themselves, emotionally, spiritually and physically, it's about communication. We talked and still talk about it alot!! What I did fail at was keeping my husband engaged and me as a person fulfilled. For the last 5 years we have led two completely different lives... and it hit me one day, I don't know him anymore and I don't know me. I don't know his likes, dislikes, hobbies etc. and I am just on auto-pilot. We still talked, had a very amicable relationship, but we found ourselves co-habiting, we were more like roommates. Everything hit really hard and we had to face if we were going to have a future together. The youngest graduates in June of this year and will be moving out on her own by August. Faced with this, my husband and I had to sit down and take a long hard look to see where we would land after she moves out. We have struggled but we are moving in the right direction. We've agreed that 27 years is far too long to make such a hasty decision. We are finding ourselves re-connecting... only time will tell. I am not saying we are headed for divorce but we have had to make some drastic changes in our relationship if we want it to work. So we have decided to start 'dating' each other again. Sounds weird I know, but it is kind of funny how the brain works. Therein lies why I have decided to take care of myself and do what I need to for me... I did 27 years ago when we first started dating so why not now.

On another note: Had a moment of defeat yesterday, I have been very faithful in documenting my food (love the barcode scanner feature on the Droid btw). In addition, I have only missed 3 days of workouts since Dec. 27th. After having met and exceeded my personal of walking 2 miles in under 38 minutes (walked it in 36 minutes on Wed.) I had a really hard time getting motivated to even go to the Y yesterday.

However, I played a trick on myself, I try to always bring my workout clothes into the office with me, so I can change before I leave and be able to go straight the treadmill while my husband changes (gives me a few extra minutes of workout this way). So I was already feeling defeated and had found that I was talking myself out of even going to the Y. So before I left work, I went ahead and changed from my work clothes to the workout clothes, knowing I would feel kind of stupid having gone to the extra effort but then not go.

I knew the first question of my husband's mouth when I arrived home (he drove in separate and went straight home from work) would be "how was your workout" and I would feel stupid telling him I didn't go (yet, I was coming in the door in my workout clothes.) I also knew I would never go run errands dressed in my workout clothes, so my choices were to go home, run errands or go workout. So I decided I might as well go workout but I would only go for 20 minutes, just to feel better about myself.

For some reason, last night, the Y was packed, there wasn't a parking space to be found, except way back at the end of the parking lot where they park the buses, I thought to myself, I should go home and I could tell hubby it was too full. I then think I'm already here so I should at least go in. So I park in the boonies, and as I pass the windows where the machines are I notice it is not as busy as it looked from the outside. (Apparently there were some basketball, volleyball or indoor soccer games going on.) Again, I tell myself just do a quick 20 minutes it is better than nothing.

I step on the treadmill and set the timer and I automatically put in 30 minutes and start walking, when the time remaining flashes on the screen I realize what I have done and tell myself, it may say I have 29 minutes to go but I can stop it anytime I want. So 32 minutes later, I am finishing up with my cool down.

Felt a ton better and glad I tricked myself into going... Didn't feel like it was the best workout I've had but at least I worked out!!

Sorry for the long post :-/

anvy0530

ADG- I think it's great that you made it to the gym despite not wanting to go. Sometimes, it's just the getting going that's the hard part - keeping going is momentum. You did great! And don't worry that it wasn't your best workout - you got moving and THAT is what matters!! I also think it's really sweet that you and your husband have decided to "date" in order to figure out where you're going. Me & DH had a bit of a marital crisis last year and we were at a crossroads where we could have ended it or worked hard at making it work. We chose the second option and, while not easy, it was the best one for us. We are stronger and happier than we have ever been. I wish you the best of luck!

KaeChelle

ADG- Yes, great job talking yourself into going to the gym. Even though you tricked yourself into going as you put it, you made the effort to go. It's amazing how much better you feel afterwards. The other night I put in a new exercise dvd. I didn't want to, then I planned on doing just the first 15 minute segment. Next thing I know I completed the entire 55 minutes and I felt great!

I weighed in today at 258! I think that was a 3.1 pound loss or something like that. I'm not sure how that happened, but I'm happy to have broken the 260's. I shared the other day I have been going up and down in the 260's since April.

anvy0530

This was posted on another board I read and I thought I'd re-post it here. It is a great visual of how your body is changing despite the scale not moving. Loved reading it and seeing the pics.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

sarabaumgarth

Hi ladies! I am new to MFP....just joined a few days ago. I was wondering if I could join the group?

anvy0530

sarabaumgarth: Welcome to the group! Our ladies are amazing. We generally weigh in sometime between Friday and Sunday and Kristina (akasullengal) keeps track of our weight loss for us. (She's a rock star, we love her). So, tell us about yourself- are you married, have kids, what are your weight loss goals, etc?

Laceylala

This was posted on another board I read and I thought I'd re-post it here. It is a great visual of how your body is changing despite the scale not moving. Loved reading it and seeing the pics.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

I was going to post this too!

_Sarah_

ADG- Great job on working out even when you didn't want to. I feel so much better after I work out especially when I didn't really want to. I think that you and your husband are on the right track to getting to know eachother again. I am single and probably not the best at relationship advice ( mine are usually monumentally disastrous ) one thing I have noticed with the more successful couples I know are that they take time to do things together. One of my step-sisters and her husband have a set date night every other week. They would do it more but they have three little ones at home.


Kendal- Congrats! I love when people notice weight loss! It is such an ego boost and motivator.

Karen- Way to go breaking out of the 60's!!! You rock!

Amy- Thanks for reposting the sparkpeople blog. We have all heard the same things about the scale but seeing it is a whole different thing.

Sarabaumgarth- Welcome! This is a great bunch of gals to mingle with.

Ok. So I did my weigh in today and I'm at 205.6. Slightly under what I was after the first week. I wish that it was more, but it's still lower than I have been. Yesterday I felt great because my jeans were a bit looser than they have been. While I was at work I had more energy than usual and I even had some random guy come up to me and give me his number. It's been a while since thats happened! Lol. Anyway I feel great. I hope you all have a great weekend and great weigh ins! I'm off to get in a workout before work tonight.

sarabaumgarth

Hi ladies and thank you so much for the nice welcome! You all seem really nice! I am 23, a stay at home mom of a 17 month old, and an army wife. We are currently stationed in Alaska. We also have 2 german shepherds...they are just like our kidos My weight goals are to lose my BABY WEIGHT! I would like to be back down to 170 again. My really long term goal would be to weigh 150. I have lost 20 lbs on my own by dieting, and then gained half back when I stopped. Then it hit me that I shouldn't be dieting! This NEEDS to be a lifestyle change! I have started to Eat Clean a few weeks ago, and I really enjoy it. I'm not 100% a Clean Eater yet but I'm getting there. My dad is getting married this fall and so is my best friend, so I would LOVE to go home looking GREAT for their weddings! I am really looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Laceylala

Hola everyone! Happy Saturday!
We went to the U of O Ducks parade in town today...it was fun. The football players came at the end in two huge flatness and they were dressed in sweat pants and checking their cell phones the whole time. I'm not into football, but when a town has a parade for a team who made it to the national championship game it seems to me they could show a bit of gratitude towards the town that supports them, even if they lost!!! Rant over. Lol.

We went to lunch after that and I wanted eggs Benedict but I had the hummus platter instead. It was just as good and fresh tasting. I had a few fries and a bit of Gracies corn dog and just that small amount of grease had my stomach upset about an hour later! It's a good thing right!?
I had planned to work out tonight but it's almost five and jeff had to run an errand in town so I'm going to stay home and chill out. We have Clash of the Titans to watch. I will go tomorrow morning instead and hit the sauna and hot tub. Oh and I'm going to have Jeff take two pics of me so I can see in a few months the progress ive made.

I'm having a hard time seeing everyones post on this iPad. I will get out my laptop tomorrow and reply to everyone.

MrsMarvelous

This was posted on another board I read and I thought I'd re-post it here. It is a great visual of how your body is changing despite the scale not moving. Loved reading it and seeing the pics.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

how awesome..
sounds kinda what im going through... the scale is really not moving for me lately.. but ive gone down in inches / pant sizes but i try not to get discouraged.. it feels great to get tone.. and feel better about my body...

thanks for sharing

anvy0530

sarabaumgarth: Hey! I'm an Air Force spouse (I am also an Air Force veteran). We're currently stationed in Germany (I have friends in Alaska at Elmendorf). My goal is to lose my baby weight too - too bad my "baby" is nearly 8 years old!! My other baby is a huge Bernese mountain dog named Sofie (I'm a big dog person).

Bethany: Yeah, I feel my body changing from the P90X but the scale hasn't been so great at reflecting it. It was nice to see that chick's pictures showing how different she looked at the SAME weight. It gives me hope.

Lacey: I would think the football players would be more grateful but, honestly, most college kids have their heads firmly planted in their @sses so I'm not really surprised at their show of disrespect. (I would also like to point out that when I was in college I, too, had my head firmly planted up my @ss - so I am speaking from experience) Let me know what you think of Clash of the Titans - I liked the 70's version better and was WAAAAYYY bummed that they didn't really have the owl in it.

Sarah: Yay for looser jeans and the weight going down! And super-yay for a guy giving you his number!!!

Saturday was a good day. We went to Gabe's basketball game and it was really hilarious. There's something about watching kids who are just learning how the game works running around the court - like herding cats. Of course, it seriously pisses Gabe off that most of the kids aren't as serious about the game as he is but he REALLY likes that the other kids revere him as he is the best player on his team. (It's funny to watch his swollen head try to fit out the door!) His team won and he scored 10 points, so he was happy. I did my "long" run - 3 miles at a 12:30 pace (I'm FINALLY getting faster!!!!) and then did P90X Legs & Back and Ab RipperX. My legs are soooooo sore today!!!! I'm looking forward to the recovery week for P90X so my muscles can get a break ('cept the abs, of course - damn you Tony Horton!!!) Anyways, hope everyone has a great Sunday!!!

KendalBeee

so I want to weigh in with my Friday morning weight of 216.6 but the past two days I've been at 218.0 so thats what I'll go with.

Thanks for posting a link to that blog. It really helps to see something like that when the scale isn't moving for me (even though someone at work noticed I'm still losing).

Taylor is taking me up to the mountains to meet his grandparents today. Our day will probably also involve sledding and MAAAYBE I will get to shoot my first gun. It was mentioned a couple days ago so I don't know if we will still do it.

It will be so nice to have so much extra time in my day when I work from home on Tuesday (and probably Wednesday and MAAAYBE Thursday this week). I hope it snows 3 feet and then I won't have to spend an hour and a half a day driving to/from work.

Anyways, its time to eat my yogurt and string cheese and get ready for the day. YAY!!!

pinbotchick

Can I pull my hair out yet? I was soooo excited when the bodybugg arrived Fri. First step - 3 hour battery charge.. Sat morning I tried activating it - first needed to upgrade iTunes and put newest operating system on iPhone... After several error messages trying to update iTunes, we went over our download limit. I got up at 3 am to to uninstall iTunes and reinstall with most recent verstion - success. Then onto the iphone -the backup took and hour then another 90 min to update the iPhone (I do like the upgrades).. On to activating Bodybugg - It hit a technical error and the office doesn't open for 2.25 more hours - at which time, I'll be seeing my 2 clients today. I'll try again when I get home at 1... All weekend, I've been looking at the little bugg and wanting to use it but can't (*sighs*). Hopefully, it will be ready before my run this afternoon.

On another note - I'm leaving Mr. Scale (does anyone want his number?)!!! Trust me he is evil or is expecting TOM to show up any day the blame... Or Mr. Thai from dinner Friday night. I was up to 190... (*frowns*). I haven't gotten up yet but will in few min. On a positive note, I love my new haircut and color!!! I really needed a trim. I've got 20 min to shower and get out the door for my clients. Boo, Hiss for having to work Sunday - But I'll have time off Friday afternoon...

Amy - Crane - no way!!! I'm so impressed. If I get 1 knee up, I'm happy!!! Nice run time. I would've been hiding snickers watching the game. Would you like a pin for Gabe's head? Nice job on the smaller pants and losing inches!!!

Bethany - hope classes are going better by the end of the week. I've gone to the wrong class more than once. Thank goodness my college days are over!!! Now I just go to the wrong clients house or accidentally skip a client...

hmfishy - can you try putting the cupcakes in a container and out of sight. It may help you to limit the number you eat. Good luck. It's what I do with chips, take out 1 serving then return the bag to the closet.

Lacey - Have fun in the sauna!!! Pink shoes - aawwwweee - they are the cure all!!! Glad Gracie is feeling better. I'm now 1/2 way through "American Gods".. I get the book but haven't gotten to the point where I can't put it down...

Welcome Sara!!! Visiting Alaska is on my to do list - drooling with jealousy. I just finished "Northern Lights" by Nora Roberts - now I want to move to Alaska. We look forward to getting to know you as you make great transformations in your lifestyle change...

Sarah - how awesome is it that you got a guy's number!!! Way to rock it. Congrats on the skinnier body/loser pants.

Karen - You may be superstar of the week with a 3 pound loss - GREAT JOB!!!

ADG - way to get to the gym. Good luck with the "dating"... Keep putting 1 foot in front of the other and you'll finish that 5K!!!

Kendal - I'm like you. I have great motivation and will power in the stores but if the food shows up in my home, I'm all over it. (*sighs*). Men should not be allowed to shop!!! Congrats on the work compliment - that's awesome.

Kristina - hope you're feeling better. Run girl run - 12 weeks until the race. My long run is 5 miles today... What are you up to? I'm using the same program for training but it's a few weeks shorter so my longest will be 10 miles vs 11 last time. Enjoy the class - it looked like a great deal!! Wish I lived closer...

Amber - where are you???

Behave everyone - don't go crazy with snacks and football!!! Enjoy your Sunday.

Laceylala

My unofficial weigh in this morning has me st the same weight as last week I think. Or maybe .2 higher. I didn't go to the gym yesterday as planned so today I will do a big card push, hit the sauna and hot tub then go target and the grocery store. I'm pretty sure Tom is on it's way so hopefully the cardio will combat that!

Victoria - that sucks about your body bigg..how frustrating!

Amy- that is too funny about Gabes game!! As we were coming back from the parade yesterday we drove by the fencing academy. I want to check it out for Gracie. She is probably too young but it would give her something to keep her busy, which she needs!!

Kendal and Bethany - I was so happy when I saw that post too....it is so frustrating when you don't t see the number on the scale Changing can physically look in the mirror and see your body slimming down and changing!

Sarah - welcome!! I've never been to Alaska but I have some mining customers up there and talk to them all the time.

Kristina - I saw your post about gevurstraminer on fb...you are sooooo right!!

pinbotchick

Well gals - I think I finally have it figured out (*whew - wipes sweat off brow*)... When I logged in and tried it at 1 it worked. The error message before was "server error" so I'm guessing myapex had a server down and it couldn't complete the final registration. It went right through this time. I even have the app loaded and coming up on my iPhone. I've been wearing it 10 min but no cal burned yet... I'm really getting excited to see how it does on my run at 3... OOOHHH cat fight about to ensue... The bully boy is napping on me and my sweet tiny temperamental girl just jumped on the bed - if looks could kill, I'd be dead for letting "that boy" near me!!! They are now in a death stare/glare. They don't get along. Kids (oh I mean kittens)... They both gone back to sleep.

Hope you all are having a great day... I'll keep you posted on my bodybugg progress.

anvy0530

Victoria: I am soooo happy you got your Bodybugg working. You have to let us know how it goes!!!!

Lacey: OMG, fencing would be soooo cool! I bet they have classes for little ones like Gracie. It would be a great way to teach her about body awareness and posture.

Kendal: I hope you get to go shooting...it's super-fun!

I forgot to put my update here: I am feeling like I'm coming down with a sore throat and I took an Uber-nap this afternoon. I did do my KenpoX and will be doing a stretch DVD in a few (my muscles are sooorrreee from running yesterday). My eating has been under my calories (barely) but I've been inhaling salty junk due to my impending TOM (BOO!). I'm gonna be ok tomorrow - I promise.

pinbotchick

Check-in for ex with BodyBugg Day 1 - 5 min at 3.0 warm-up treadmill, jogging 75 min at 14:52 ave pace and cool down 5 min at 3.0 mph... BodyBugg says 839 cal, Treadmill 829, and MFP 536... Very interesting...

Hope you're feeling better Amy!!!

KaeChelle

Victoria- Sorry about the frustration with the BodyBugg, but I hope it ends up being a great tool for you!

Amy- I hope you get to feeling better soon!

After my great weigh in on Friday, I have totally blown it this weekend! I had brownies last night, and then the rest for breakfast this morning! Oh no!!! I don't know why my husband even bought them because he's trying to lose weight too. He's been really big into couponing and finding good deals, so they were probably very cheap or even free. I told him no more yummies like that because he knows I have a sweet tooth! I didn't have to make them though, and I did.

I am about to exercise and should be able to redeem myself today, but Friday and Saturday I was way over even with exercise!

Laceylala

Victoria- glad to hear that your BB is working!! What do you thnk your HRM would have said for that work out??? How can MFP say that for running for that long when it so far overshoots everything else! Crazy. I figure that a polar hrm would maybe be around the 800-820is mark maybe?

Karen - don't let another day go by...get back on that train girl!! You can do it.

Amy - ugh. I hope you are feeling better tomorrow. ,


Went to the gym, did my work out and hit the hot tub for the first time...good gawd the jets in that thing! The only place where you don't have to apply pressure to not get blown all over the damn place was in the corner and even then the jets on either side of me made me feel like my poor boobs were punching bags! Lol. I got a little too hot in there and got light headed so I got out and cooled off with a cold shower and went into the sauna. Not the same after a hot though. From on I will do one or the other, not
both.
Anyways, started Tom today...and I have to weigh tomorrow so here's to hoping! My cals are on track and vie drank a lot of water so that should help. I'm totally wiped out tired tonight. Won't be long before I hit the sack!

sarabaumgarth

I did my weigh in this morning and I lost 3.4 lbs! I LOVE when the scale is my friend But anyways my progress tracker thingy said I have only lost 1 lb...can anyone explain to me how it works? I have felt so dang lazy this weekend. My back went out on me (AGAIN) so I spent the whole weekend with my three best friends....ICY HOT, the HEATING PAD, and PAIN MEDS! I am starting to feel much better so maybe in a few days I will be able to get back to working out. But on the bright side I got a lot of reading done, watched lots of movies with my boys, and got a lot of cuddle time! So I guess it is okay to take it easy every now and then

Alaska very BEAUTIFUL! Fall is amazing here...but if you blink you will miss it. I am from Missouri so I like seasons, and it seems like Alaska only has 2....SNOW and SUN! LOL! I will be glad when our tour is up here. This would be a great place to vacation, but I think I will pass on ever living here again

Amy- How is Germany? I am praying we get to go there sometime. Thanks for you and your husbands service! Hope you feel better soon!

Victoria- I have always wanted a BB. Keep us posted on how its working out for you Good luck!

Have a WONDERFUL Monday ladies!