200+ Hot For Halloween!

navajoon

Amy, is there any chance the pooches got into some chocolate?

anvy0530

Nava: No, there's no chance that the dogs got into chocolate.

Lacey: I'm sorry your mood is in the toilet. Mine is right there with you. I'm getting ready to do my P90X, hopefully that will improve the mood. I don't think the dogs have parvo as they've both been vaccinated for it and we keep them up to date on all their shots. The vet thinks Sofie just picked up a virus somewhere and that she should improve in the next 2 days. Loki isn't sick like Sofie was, I think he was just trying to make a bad day worse with his ill-timed vomiting (he has a weird stomach, he pukes if he hasn't eaten anything for an extended period of time it's "normal" for him).

Sarah & Kerry: LOVE your before and afters - you guys look GREAT!!!

Here's my most recent before/after. I've posted it here before but I seriously don't have the energy to do another one (sorry for my laziness)

my before is somewhere around 245 pounds and the one from August is maybe 195-ish.

ETA: Kendal: I didn't want you to think I left you out - your pics are awesome too (I just didn't scroll down enough when I was replying - sorry)

Jessi: Hiya!

wigglentwink

my new strategy for Sunday:

http://rwdaily.runnersworld.com/2011/10/u-k-marathoner-hits-wall-hops-bus-finishes-3rd.html

KendalBeee

Mr. Reunion has also noticed my BLAH mood lately so now I can blame it on you ladies!! LOL. I think a part of mine is that it's getting too dark too early in the evening and it's only going to get worse for the next couple of months.

rainvc

Sarah: Your pictures look great too! y'all are doing so well! I love that pic of you from last weekend. You look so happy!

jessicae1aine

Those are some amazing before/after comparisons - you ladies are incredible!

Lacey - I had a puppy who got parvo once, and she ended up staying at the vet for a week with an IV. Definitely not something to risk.

Nava - I can completely empathize with your fear. Fear of the unknown and the possibilities that come with it can be paralyzing, so maybe establishing some kind of game plan would work for you two? Nerd was living in Florida for a seriously extended period of time, so we made a point of having dates where we'd Netflix movies and sync the audio so we could watch them together and get as close to a real date going as possible. Sometimes, we'd even end up falling asleep talking on Skype (careful, computers get REALLY effing hot).

Amy - HI!! I love your shirt in your after picture. Quite awesome.

My before/after is my highest, unknown weight (around 300 lbs) and then a terrible, quick picture in the work bathroom a couple minutes ago. Pardon the awful hair, I'm attempting to grow it out. :P

Laceylala

http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/2011/02/baked-bread-rolls.html

I am thinking these would be a fun idea....bleu cheese chicken wing ones, chicken parm ones, eggplant parm ones. etc. FUN.



Sarah - I just read that article about the guy completely CHEATING. What a *kitten*.

KatheryneLynne

Those are all awesome pictures. You all are amazing.

Bobbie.--I would weigh the options like this. Would you feel more guilt for missing a holiday with your sisters, or for missing a holiday at your g-ma's house. For me, the choice would be to spend the time with my siblings, but i've always had an amazing relationship with them. I might think differently if we didn't get along so well. Beside, if you do decide on your sibs, then you all can sit around and reminisce about your g-ma (best of both worlds).

Amy--hope the babies start to feel better soon. A couple of years ago we had to feed our dog nothing but rice, diced chicken, and chicken broth for about six weeks to get her over whatever thing she had going on. It was absolute hell to watch her so sick all the time. I hope the vet is able to fix what's going on.

-Katheryne

anvy0530

Katheryne: Sofie is already feeling much perkier. She's interested in food again (which she can't have until tomorrow and it's pissing her off and she doesn't care who knows about it) and she's happy and wagging her tail again. Her vet said that if it wasn't straightened out in 2 days then we absolutely MUST bring her back. I'm really hoping that isn't necessary.

Lacey: Those bread rolls are a totally cute idea, and way cool for the kidlins who like finger foods.

Jessi: Thanks for the compliment on my shirt in my after pic (it's actually a sun dress). I have gone through the awkward growing out the hair phase many a time. I have managed to not cut my hair (other than regular trims) in about a year and a half.

Kendal: The weather changed from summer to practically winter here at super-speed. Last week it was sunny and 70 degrees now they're saying that we could have snow in the next 2 weeks (in October????). I love fall but I super hate the sun going down so early and coming up so late (and it's pretty extreme here in the dead of winter with the sun not rising until after 8 am and going down by 4 pm).

I did my P90X arms & shoulders workout with The Hubbs. I love doing the strength training with him cuz it makes me push so much harder. I've mostly recovered from my crappy day (pun was TOTALLY intended there) and the exercise helped me to feel better physically as well as mentally. Now I'm going to bed.

KendalBeee

Jessi- You're doing so great! I can tell a difference in your face and your waist. And I absolutely LOVE the shirt you have on today!!!

hkallembach

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IIIIIIIIIII AAAAAAAMMMMMMM BBBBBAAACCCCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I had to go in my shell because work and school got too much. bahaha, I hope that never happens again.

I love all of your amazing before/after pictures and you all look AMAZING!

After this post I'll start personal replies!

I do creep. Heck, yes.

silver02bullet

all of your pics are great!!! i need to find the link oh how to post pictures and i'll see if i can scrounge some up for ya'll....

I am not doing too well with my food this week. I'm staying under 2000 calories, but my goal is 1300ish.

I'm just in a funk with this breakup ordeal and work and everything else. (Seems I wake up every freakin' morning to a dog barking...whether that be one of the 2 dogs that my roommate has or some neighbors dog or wherever. Dogs barking for no reason is not acceptable to me. I miss living in the country when the only time a dog barked was to alarm you of approaching danger!! Last night, some dog somewhere was out just barking up a storm at 1:30 in the morning. I had to shut my windows and cover my head. I fall back asleep around 4:45 just to wake up at 5:30 to the stupid dogs that i live with. i want to move.)

and I got a chef salad today for lunch (no bacon) and only spotted on dressing...just to find out their ranch dressing is like 200+ calories for 2 ounces. What the crap. If i knew i was going to ingest that many calories, i would NOT have wasted it on a salad.

anyways, I hope i can make it to the gym tonight. There's not a class that I enjoy on Wednesdays and I'm not a big fan of machines and it's raining outside. Cross my fingers I get some motivation because today has not been the greatest for my diet.

babyworms

Lurky lurk. Thinking of you all! So exciting being surrounded by ALL my wedding stuff, about to go for a walk into town to meet a friend for coffee. Determined not to undo all my good work this week.

Xx

pinbotchick

All of the before and after shots are AWESOME!!!

Amy - my coffee grinder rocks!!! 5 sec and the flaxseed was purely ground... Thanks for the suggestion!!!

jessicae1aine

Amy - My last haircut was in May. It grows SO slowly! The worst, though, was the aftermath of a mohawk....

Kendal - Thanks! It's actually a pajama shirt from Walmart.

Hailie - Welcome back!

Going to attempt a sandwich for dinner, I think. Kitties and bunnies both managed to run out of food this morning, so I have to be out and about even though I'm sick anyhow. Gonna take some pictures of graffiti, while I'm at it.

pinbotchick

Come on Tigers!!! Let's go Tigers!!! Down 3-2 at top of 7th...

treehugginpam

Busy day today! I've been lurking all day and just now have time to respond...although I have to make it quick so I can go get a workout in. Guess who didn't get her bum up for Jillian this morning? Urg. My bf and I did Shred together so we were going to start Ripped in 30 together, but it just hasn't happened yet. I am too weak to force us out of bed in the morning when he'd rather cuddle...he's so warm and cuddly! I need to stop giving in to the cuddle. Cuddle won't get me to onederland! I was in a blah mood today too like a lot of you all...probably wouldn't have been so blah if I'd just gotten out of bed early enough for Jillian!

I love love LOVE all of your before and after pictures! You all look fantastic! I don't really have a "before and after" since I haven't even made it to 20 pounds yet, but I did notice a difference when looking at this weekend's hiking picture compared to a picture taken of me this past spring. I made a side by side comparison pic...hopefully this works...





Okay, it keeps coming out either super small or super huge, so this isn't a great example. Boo.


Jessi, I know what you mean about hair taking forever to grow out. Mine usually does too, but lately it's been growing like crazy. I'm thinking it must be because of my change in diet & exercise. I hope it continues! Oh, and YAY about getting your very own treadmill! That rocks!

Megan, I hope you have a more sound sleep tonight! Did you make it to the gym?

Hailie, hi! :flowerforyou:

Amy, I'm glad that Sofie is feeling better. Talk about a rough day! The Spicy African Peanut stew was DELICIOUS, by the way. I had it for dinner last night, lunch today, and I'll be having it again for lunch tomorrow. I can't thank you enough for introducing me to Peas and Thank You!!

Lacey, those bread rolls are really cute. I hope you got to run today and it filled you with lots of great endorphins!

Sarah, that article about the runner is something else! Luckily you're a hardcore butt-kicking runner and you won't need a bus.

Kerry, that's too funny! Is he going to keep your jeans since they look so good on him? No one will know that they're chick jeans. :laugh:

Kendal, I can't tell you the number of times that's happened to me, when the scale goes down despite high salt or high calories or both. Enough to drive you batty, especially when there are days you do everything perfectly and lose nothing. Ah well, at least the scale is going down!

Bobbie, I agree with the others -- if you want to have your own Thanksgiving with your sisters, there's nothing wrong with that. You could always do Christmas with the rest of the family, or take a different weekend to go out there...


I know I've missed some stuff, but if I don't get my butt on the treadmill soon I know that it is not going to happen. Hopefully tomorrow will be less busy!

qofsheba

Before and After Pix: Yea all of you. You give me such motivation to keep on... I'll take a pix of me now since I'm still barely to 10 lbs (which I hit one day this week but we will see what Friday brings).

I've stepped up exercise and water. Water makes a big difference but I have to get twice a night--I know I"ll adjust...

wigglentwink

Pam: I see a HUGE difference. The scale may not be moving as fast as the fat is falling off. You don't look like the same person.
Amy: I LOVE the dress in your "after" pic. But I think your face looks thinner in your Paris pics -- so you've lost some since then.
Jessi: I see a difference all over you. I don't know what you're talking about.
Kendal: Wow. Just. Wow!! You look like a different person.
Kerry: Woo, girl! You are looking H.O.T!! You don't look like the same person either!!! HOLEY MOLEY!!

Pizza for dinner here. One slice. Veggie pizza on skinny crust. Hot cocoa later. So. excited! And, if I'm lucky...some low impact aerobics!! :blushing:

silver02bullet

I made it to the gym! Walk/jog for 45 minutes. The zumba class was going on while I was on the track but I wasn't completely comfortable in my abilities last week bc its hard to feel sexy and dance in a gym full of sweaty women. Maybe when im a little thinner I can be more confident.

Btw, all ur pics are awesome!!!!!!!

pinbotchick

Good morning super pals!!! Check-in for Wed 2286 burned, 2387 consumed, 38 min ex doing UML from P90X. My body is sore all over... Plans for today 3 to 4 mile run... Enjoy your Thursday... The weekend is almost here.

KendalBeee

Yup, I knew the scale would catch up. I'm up 1.6 from yesterday. I haven't worked out this week. Not in the mood for it so I decided to take the whole week off.

anvy0530

Dang it! I just typed up a whole long response to everyone and it got deleted as I hit "post reply". :mad:

Kendal: I bed the added weight is from the sodium from your take out food as you've been staying within calories.

Victoria: I'm glad the coffee grinder worked out for you. I used to buy whole flax seeds, toast them a little and then grind them into flax meal in a coffee grinder. It was way better than the stuff I buy already ground now.

Megan: WTG getting to the gym!

Sarah: "low impact aerobics" makes me giggle every time I read it.

sheba: I you stop drinking water an hour or so before bed, then maybe you won't have to get up in the middle of the night to pee.

Hailie: Hiya girl!!

I know I had other stuff that I wrote in my first edition of the response but it's all gone into the ether now. It's late soccer practice day so I have some vegetarian chili going in my crock pot and I made some pumpkin corn bread to go with it - I'm pretty excited about that.

WoWmamaErin

Thanks to everyone for sharing their before/after pics! You all look wonderful! Thanks for the motivation

Doing well here. Sticking with the low carb and it seems to be doing the trick for me. Only problem is that I don't have much variety in my diet... but I really don't mind (sometimes I think I should...) cause it keeps it really simple for me. Almost done with the 30DS here. Taking me longer than 30 days for sure. Had 2 rest days before I hit level 3 and then I had to take a day of rest after every L3 workout because my ankles were really sore and I didn't want to do any damage. But now I'm not attempting all the jumping stuff and it's much better now.

Hope everyone is feeling better soon - I've been lucky to avoid the blahs so far as I'm too busy thinking about a wedding I'm in on the 21st which is 5.5 hrs away and I'm dress shopping tomorrow! I've left it last minute because I have been loosing a good amount of weight and didn't want to spend more on alterations than the actual cost of the dress! At least the bride is letting us pick our own dress as long as it's black!

Take care all!

KendalBeee

I got a new job title yesterday. I'm now a Subject Matter Expert. Same team, no pay increase, but teammates are supposed to come to me (and the other SME) with questions and I will get special projects more often. Basically it just looks really good on my resume.


So I absolutely HATE it when someone asks me a question, argues with my answer, and then doesn't do what I freaking told them to do. This isn't so much to do with the SME position, but my friend does this to me on occasion and it freakin pisses me off! Just cause you don't like the answer (ie don't want to have to put forth the extra effort that I'm telling you you will need to) doesn't mean you should waste my time and argue with me. Why ask what to do if you aren't going to listen to what I say anyways??? (we aren't yelling or anything, moreso talking but not agreeing)

treehugginpam

Okay, this morning I set my alarm for 5:50am to do Ripped in 30 and then I woke up at 7:00am, realizing that the alarm never went off. What the heck?! It either didn't go off at all or the bf reached over and accidentally turned it off before I had time to wake up and hear it. I don't remember hearing it at all and he doesn't remember hearing it or turning it off, so who knows. All I know is that I had no time for Jillian AGAIN this morning and I won't have time for any exercise tonight either because I'm going to a beginner's quilting class. Geez.

A day of rest could be for the best though...ever since I started running longer I've been getting a soreness in my left hip. Coincidentally (or maybe not so much) I also got new running shoes around the time I started getting hip pain, which also happened to be when I started running for 30 + minutes at a time, so I don't know if it's the shoes or the amount of time running. Either way, last night I started running and had to stop because not only was my hip hurting but I also got a shooting pain from my hip down the upper part of my thigh after about 10 minutes of running. Not good. I hope it's just some weird muscle thing...

Amy, pumpkin cornbread?! That sounds absolutely fantastic!

Megan, yay for making it to the gym! I know what you mean about zumba...I haven't done a class with other people for awhile (ever since I got the zumba Kinect game), but I always feel ridiculous. It's fun, but only when I don't look at myself in the mirror or compare myself to the instructor with perfect rhythm.

Sarah (WnT), thanks! I was surprised to notice a difference in my pictures because I don't see it yet when I look in the mirror. Yay for low impact aerobics! I decided that my low impact aerobics last night made up for the fact that my bum hip cut my running short.

Wowmama, it took me much longer than 30 days to finish 30DS, but hey, I finished it! My plan is to do Ripped in 30 and then go back and do another round of 30DS. I just love her workout format, even if it feels like it's killing me.

Qofsheba, I know what you mean; I have days when I don't realize how behind I am in my water until the evening and I try to catch up...those are always long nights. :laugh:

Kendal, that is one awesome job title!

KatheryneLynne

The good thing about walking to work in South East Alaska---The hotest it ever gets is about 75-80 degrees. and in the winter time, even with a foot of snow on the ground the coldest i've ever walked it was the possitive side of single digits.,.

the downside...

since the average rainfall can be upwards of 150 inches a year, some days I arive feelings like a drowned cat....

By the way...it's raining today...:happy: Good thing deep down I love the rain.


I'll be back to post later...after i dry out

-Katheryne

pinbotchick

okay tech savvy gurus - I need a quick explanation on how to get my pics into the cool framed boxes. What program are you using? Photobuckes, tiny pics or another? Thanks...

jessicae1aine

Pam - Your difference is pretty awesome. And oddly, this morning's sales meeting included a recommendation for prenatals + B vitamins + peppermint shampoo for growing hair out.

Kendal - I'm SO with you on the asking a question/arguing/ignoring what you said. That drives me nuts. It especially bothers me when someone asks me for my opinion on something, decides I'm terribly wrong, doesn't listen, and then it turns out I was right... repeatedly. You'd think they'd catch on that maybe I know what I'm talking about.

Katheryne - I love rain. We got a TON back in May and had a bunch of flooding, and everyone was b*tching it was all gloomy and blech, but it's my very favorite weather. It rained a few days ago, and rainy fall days are the best.

I got woken up at 3am by the roommate's niece, whom initially was supposed to take the extra upstairs bedroom. After a lengthy discussion with the roommate yesterday, he decided he wanted her to either start paying rent, or get her stuff out; he's had quite a bit of stuff go missing, and she'll bring 5 friends home in the middle of the night, eat everything she can get her hands on, do laundry and leave. I knew he wasn't going to wake up, but the dogs were barking and I was wide awake and refusing to answer the door - the door is locked, and there's a reason she has no key. She ended up climbing in through a window and shouting about how the next time she'd kick the door in, and at that point I had had enough. I went out there, told her to pack her stuff and get out, or start paying rent and be in the house by midnight, because the rest of us have to sleep so we can go to work in the morning. I honestly laughed as I was told that I shouldn't be living there because I don't pay any bills (and offered to show her the check duplicates for all the bills), and that no one likes me because I'm a b*tch. If not taking people's b*ll**** makes me a b*tch, then yep, I sure am. She packed her stuff while screaming at me from the top of the stairs to get out of her face, and the doors and windows were all locked as she left. I'm pretty sure that her family is going to attempt to raise hell with me, but I don't care - they don't like me, other than her uncle and her cousins, but that's not the end of the world. She is 21 and acts like a spoiled child, and everyone needs to bend to her every whim and accommodate anything she wants, and I'm just not going to be a part of it. Needless to say, I'm REALLY tired, but she knows without a doubt exactly what I think of her and why.

I'm going to see if I can get the treadmill this weekend instead of waiting until next weekend. I'm so, so impatient.

Laceylala

Third day in a row of my kid breaking down bawling in the morning for one of two, or both, of the following reasons:
1. She doesn't want her hair combed.
2. She thinks the toothpaste is too spicey or she doesn't like her Dora berry toothpaste that morning.
3. or a combo of both.

I was seriously thinking of shoving her back up in my hooha and giving birth all over again to start over. Good grief. We left way late from home, had to go 30 minues away to drop her at a friends house and drive all the way to work. I am so freaking cranky. I must have been rubbing my eyes in the night because I woke up and they were beat red and still are. And at one point in the night I woke up from grinding my teeth as well. sheesh. Thats a first.

yesterday no logging, no exercise. Not wearing my bmf today. Hopefully will go run tonight.