Sixers Holiday Challenge Week 5

katyk08

Hey ladies..

Wow, ate soo much the past few days..and no exercise!!! So of course, there is a 0.8 gain..Im up to 176lbs. But Im not worried about it.. I leave for vacation late late tonight..around 3 am or so. Ive got to clean my car, do laundry, shop a little, and pack still. Plus I would like to get in an hour of exercise somehow!!

I hope you all had happy holidays and are enjoying this break from school, work, etc. Kudos to those who are sticking to it and not wavered by temptation!! :devil:

I will try to check in later on before I go to bed.. I am going to try and be in bed by 5ish this evening so I can get alot of rest- there is a 10 hour drive ahead of me, yay lol

Have a fantastic Friday Sixers, and a glorious weekend!!!

:flowerforyou:
Katy

chipper15173

morning guys...

ate last night....the snacker got ahold of me. DH said he would go to the gym with me this morning, and he would just go to dunkin donuts while i worked out and nap in the car. i said no cause than i would feel rushed. he said no i could take what time i needed. he wants to go shopping. so i won't go. scale up some. i will just go shopping and do a workout this afternoon. besides i don't think the reg. gym is open today. the 24 hr one will be, but, it doesn't have a shower. so would need to go home anyway. just rambling along here.

time to dress and hit the sales,
later

nellienell12

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know I have been really busy. Me and the girls made cookies to give out, but of course all of us have been snacking on them. Plus we went to MIL's last night and I came home with more food! Oh, well. I'll be back on track soon. I woke up yesterday with a sore throat and a tooth ache. So, today feeling like crap. Wanted to go out shopping at the sales, but I really shouldn't because we are really tight on money right now. Have to go to MIL's for breakfast and then to my FIL's for Christmas over there.

Enough rambling. Hope everyone has a great day. Later.

drtamm

Hey Ladies... I missed you all. I was traveling and I finally made it home on Sunday. I didn't workout from sunday to wed. That was the longest I had been since August. I love being healthy and fit. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Happy Holidays!!!

As for my situation w/ My mom and her husband. I decided to come to memphis for christmas, back to my apartment. This is the first time in my 27 years I was away from my Mom and sister for the holidays. It was a little sad but my boyfriend was excited I came back as well as my puppy.

Lauryn you look wonderful in your picture!! Congrats! and the weight loss is great. Keep up the good work

Connie--- I also went a while w/o working out. We will get back to it!

I ate 4 sugar cookies....lol. They were soooo great. I am weighing in at 218 now!

Hi to everyone else!!!

Katy ~ SW 183.2 / GW 174 / CW 175.2 / Progress -8.0lbs
Cathy ~ SW 210.8 / GW 199 / CW 208.6 / Progress: -2.2
Kristin ~ SW 159 / GW 155 / CW 155.5 / Progress: -3.5
Shanell ~ SW 211 / GW 201 / CW 210.0 / Progress -1
Deb ~ SW 201.4 / GW 197 / CW 202.8 / Progress +1.4
Lauryn ~ SW 161 / GW 157 / CW 156 / Progress -5.0
Connie ~ SW 266 / GW 255/ CW 264/ Progress -2.0
Tammara ~ SW 224 / GW 214 / CW 218 / Progress -6.0

AmyLou ~ SW 155.6 / GW 150 / CW 153.2 / Progress: -2.4
Robin ~ SW 194 / GW 185 / CW 191.5 / Progress -2.5
Rhiannon ~ SW 174.0 / GW 167.2 / CW 170.4/ Progress -3.6
Becky ~ SW151 / GW 141 / CW 146 Progress -5
Amy ~ SW 194 / GW 182.2 / CW 193 / Progress -1.0
Cass ~ SW 189.8 / GW 179.8 / CW 185.2 / Progress -4.6
Allie ~ SW 178.4 / GW 171 / CW 177.6 / Progress -0.8
Tan ~ SW 295 / GW 275 / CW 297 / Progress +2.0

pettmybunny

So, I weighed in today, are we still doing Friday weigh ins? I was down a half pound to 191, but I always wait until Tuesday to officially post.

Nobody's around much lately... Did everyone OD on food and nog?

PedalHound

Oh my gawd, I have totally bombed this month. Really, looking back on it, most of the month has been horrid. So I've got damage to undo and habits to re-establish. Not feeling too great about it. Feeling pretty ashamed, really. But there it is. I feel like I've let myself down and I also feel like I've let you guys down :frown: My mama and I are hitting a work out in the morning and morning work-outs always set my day off on a good foot. I'll try to keep the momentum. What I have to say is that I'm going to be accountable to you guys and not withhold anything because it is too easy to slip back into old habits. I didn't get to 220 by coincidence!!!

I hope you're all having a wonderful week! Didn't weigh in today (forgot it was Friday, I've been avoiding the scale anyway....) I hope to see everyone reappear after New Year's if not sooner!!

I so truly admire those of you who have kept up over the holidays! Kristin, Cathy, Lauryn... YEAH!!!

DebLaf

Hi Ladies,

The weight can come back fast. I am in the same boat as you, Pedal, but it only took me about 2 weeks to undo so much hard work. I am trying to get back to my good habits, but not quite there yet. I am so embarrassed by how much I've gained back. I really didn't think I would do this again. I can't wait for the New Year to have things back to normal again. Hoping my weight is down by Tue. weigh in. I did weigh in yesterday, but am so horrified by the number I will wait for Tue to post.

Katy, love the pic. You are looking thinner every day.

pdxmomof2

Oh my gawd, I have totally bombed this month. Really, looking back on it, most of the month has been horrid. So I've got damage to undo and habits to re-establish. Not feeling too great about it. Feeling pretty ashamed, really. But there it is. I feel like I've let myself down and I also feel like I've let you guys down :frown: My mama and I are hitting a work out in the morning and morning work-outs always set my day off on a good foot. I'll try to keep the momentum. What I have to say is that I'm going to be accountable to you guys and not withhold anything because it is too easy to slip back into old habits. I didn't get to 220 by coincidence!!!

I hope you're all having a wonderful week! Didn't weigh in today (forgot it was Friday, I've been avoiding the scale anyway....) I hope to see everyone reappear after New Year's if not sooner!!

I so truly admire those of you who have kept up over the holidays! Kristin, Cathy, Lauryn... YEAH!!!

Pedal, I am there with you. I really was hoping that weight loss would not at all be on my list of New Years Resolutions. It just makes me so angry. And I have not a person to blame but myself. It just sucks. I really need to sit down and come up with a plan that works. I need to look at the reasons that what I have done before doesnt work! I have not been on the scale in almost 2 weeks. My goal for this weekend is to come up with a plan that will work with what is going on in my life.

I wish everyone the best of luck in this upcoming year! Hopefully many of us, myself included, can reach our ultimate goal in 2009! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

drtamm

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm up late thinking about what job to choose. Decisions, decisions. Everyone seems busy.... not many post this weekend. I hope all is well.

Take care,

Tamm

katyk08

Hey ladies..

Im at the beach and loving it!! I did not bring my scale, but I weighed yesterday before I left and was down to 174.6 so yay! Wont change my ticker til I get home.. so this Tuesday I will check in, but I will use my weight from yesterday (174.6) and use that as my weight.

I jogged on the beach this morning, and walked for a total of 37 min! And wow, what a workout lol it was awesome!!

Well ladies must go for now, hope you are all having a great weekend!!



K

PedalHound

Katy, good for you! You're our hero :flowerforyou:

Amy, Deb, it's a rough pill to swallow!! And yes Deb, it's INCREDIBLE how quickly that weight creeps back. I know that I'm at risk for really getting bummed out about sliding back so I've decided that I'm going to hide my scale and just take a few weeks of pushing myself back into my pre-holiday routine before I check on my scale status. I weighed myself today but it's TOM and I'd had a big glass of water already and I hadn't used the washroom so who knows. I'm about what I was at the start of this challenge though based on this weigh-in :grumble:

Alright, my monkeys are looking for breakfast. I'll check in later tonight when I make my meal plan for tomorrow!!! you gys! Don't let this downer get you to stop posting. This is when we REALLY need each other!!

pdxmomof2

I am with you on this! Hiding the scale until I get back into a routine of some sort. I wont be able to make it back to Weight Watchers for another 2 weeks so that will give me time to revamp all together. I just went and bought a new pair of workout pants with a gift card I got for my birthday from my brother. I got new running shoes for my birthday too so I have no excuses! I also went and used another gift card and got 2 pairs of jeans that are a size too small but on major sale from $88 down to $17.99 so I could not pass them up! These are my motivation tools. They are hanging in my room on my mirror as a reminder each day

So here are my goals!
1. start running program so that I can run the St Patty's Day Dash 5K with my cousin in Seattle WA
2. fitting into my size 12 jeans I just got
3. making it to the gym 5 times per week
4. cutting out most processed foods

I happen to be lucky in the fact that I love to drink water so no problems on that end. And this all starts tomorrow. I am not waiting for the end of the year. I will weigh in tomorrow and then not again until Jan 5. 2009! Yikes! 2009 already.

nellienell12

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one going through this slump. Me and even hubby have been checking our weights. I'm up and he stayed the same. We ate with families all weekend. Then my jaw started hurting and I'm sick on top of everything. Thank goodness TOM just left on Friday. I have felt like crap and don't feel like shopping, so we're eating all the crap around the house, and it's not good stuff. But hey, I'm not going to beat myself up. I'm going to gain control back and get this weight off. I will definately be at goal by New Years next year 2010. Plus, that will be the year we celebrate our 10 yr anniversary, so there's a better goal to achieve!

Well, tomorrow it's back to work for a couple of days and then off for another long weekend. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the night. Later.

chipper15173

was doing great until DH made these to die for cappacinio cookies. they are now gone :happy: good luck everyone getting back on track. i learned a few lessons this holiday time. will be in place for next year.
later

chipper15173

set alarm for 6, got up went to gym and did a workout and stopped by store to get some tea bags, and now i am home cleaning from the Christmas week. just me and DH (he's awake too). son is back to work, the gym felt so good. it was rough at first, that last day i went was Christmas eve. had done the wii fitness pal.
well off to finish my cleaning and start my tall stack of laundry and just play on my nintendo ds. son bought me a game and i am really into it.
hope everyone is doing good. weigh in tomorrow. i know i am weighing, no matter what it says, i can't hide from it. life happens and life goes on. for me it keeps me in check. when those numbers are going up i have to put a stop to it. i mysef can't ignore it. otherwise i will continue to ingnore the scale and that's how i got to 286. it makes it real for me.

later.

kistinbee

Good morning gals! Sorry I haven't been on since...OMG...last Tuesday! And I really am not going to go on and on about how good and bad I was...it would take me hours to recap the entire long weekend. I did weigh myself on Friday and was up 1 pound, which I'm really not too upset about. I know my body has been retaining all the aweful stuff I ate...but I did work out every day except Thursday (the gym was closed).

So...I need to get to some work, let me put together my meal plan, and I'll BBL!

Phoenix_Rising

Morning ladies!! Hoping you all had great holidays! My holiday season has been challenging on many levels, but I'm working through it. I've eaten way too much but hoping I haven't gained back too much. Time will tell.... weigh in tomorrow!!

Have a wonderful Monday!!! :flowerforyou:

PedalHound

Good morning everyone! Just saying hi :happy: More to do today. I am starting to feel the blues that come with the last couple of days of my Mama's visit though :frown: But we'll enjoy the heck out of it in the mean time!

kistinbee

Here's the meal plan for today:

Breakfast
Bananas - Raw, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) 105
Old Orchard - Healthy Balance Pomegranate Cranberry, 8 FL OZ 29
One A Day - Womens Multi Vitamin, 1 tablet 0
Flavorite - Instant Oatmeal Cinnamon & Spice, 1 packet 170
Splenda - Brown Sugar Blend, 1 tsp 16
Total breakfast 320

AM snacks
Kashi Tlc - Baked Apple Spice Cereal Bar, 1 Bar 110
Coffee - ground, 2 cup 0
Nestle Coffee Mate - Coffee Creamer (Sugar Free Vanilla Caramel), 2 tbsp 30
Total AM snacks 140

Lunch
Turkey&Cheese Sandwich, 1 meal 138
Diet Coke - Soft Drink, 6 fl. oz. 0
Carrots - Baby, 14 pieces 35
Ae Yo-Lite Yogurt - Yogurt, 6 oz 80
Alfalfa seeds - Sprouted, raw, 1 cup 10
Total lunch 263

Afternoon snacks
Tangerines, (mandarin oranges) - Raw, 2 small (2-1/4" dia) 74
Kashi - TLC Crunchy Granola Bars - Roasted Almond Crunch, 2 bars 180
Total afternoon snacks 254

Dinner
Tilapia - Fish, 4 oz. (1 filet) 98
Potatoes - Red, flesh and skin, baked, 1 potato medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4" dia) 154
Giant - Cut Green Beans Frozen, 2/3 cup 30
Total dinner 282

PM snacks
Depends on remaining calories!

Total: 1,259
Your Daily Goal: 1,200
Remaining: -59

Exercise plan: 1/2 hour run, 1 hour BodyPump

So...today should be good...and that's SO good...because I need a good day! I am going to start the new thread for tomorrow "Sixers Holiday Challenge Week 6" The FINAL week!!!!! Look for it ladies!!!

I'll check back later!

Phoenix_Rising

Ugh.... preliminary weigh in shows I've gained 3.5lbs over the holiday
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Whaddya gonna do? Might as well laugh about it.

kistinbee

Right on Lauryn! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And no worries....you will get right back to it!!!!!!!!!!

pdxmomof2

Here I am . I did weigh in this morning. I am not happy about it. I will be away from the scale and out of town for a week at the coast for New Years. I hope to come back and show a loss. I am also hoping to get in alot of running while I am there.

Only a few more days of 2008. Cant wait to leave this year behind and start a better and more successful one!

Amy

pdxmomof2

set alarm for 6, got up went to gym and did a workout and stopped by store to get some tea bags, and now i am home cleaning from the Christmas week. just me and DH (he's awake too). son is back to work, the gym felt so good. it was rough at first, that last day i went was Christmas eve. had done the wii fitness pal.
well off to finish my cleaning and start my tall stack of laundry and just play on my nintendo ds. son bought me a game and i am really into it.
hope everyone is doing good. weigh in tomorrow. i know i am weighing, no matter what it says, i can't hide from it. life happens and life goes on. for me it keeps me in check. when those numbers are going up i have to put a stop to it. i mysef can't ignore it. otherwise i will continue to ingnore the scale and that's how i got to 286. it makes it real for me.

later.

Great job Cathy, You have such dedication and strength. And that would probably explain why you have lost 77 pounds. Keep it up!

kistinbee

Well ladies...I am getting ready to leave work and head to the gym! I am going to bump up the new thread I started in case any of you want to post there before tomorrow...if not, look for it in the A.M.!!!!

Good night ladies! And I'll talk to y'all tomorrow!!!