Blue Team WEEK 2

ngwife4life

A few months ago, a friend that I always considered to be much heavier than me gave me some of her fat pants. I couldn't zip them up. It was a BIG wake up call.

They're ones I wear on a regular basis now!!! :drinker: HOORAY for smaller jeans!

lorro

lorro-old jeans rule don't they....I am at the point where I have no more smaller clothes and about ready to go down a size - I can zip just a tiny smidge tight so I am waiting about 3 or 4 more pounds before I go buy more....cool to need new clothes but so expensive.

hmo4 - if you've survived all you've been thru, you've got motivation - let it out - let it roar baby!

Oh I'm so jealous :laugh: I worked it out - I will be shopping in September at this rate! :glasses:

way more important!!! way to go!!

Cheers, LostinCali! :drinker:

this whole process is pretty scary for me. I haven't been single for longer than a month at a time since I was 15. Mostly due to my reliance on others to provide me the love that I don't give myself. So I'm preparing myself to do a lot of soul searching and self discovery over the next few months

It's the way we overcome stuff like this that makes us who we are. One of life's great ironies: sometimes you have to accept being alone in order to get to a place where you can have a healthy relationship. Good luck :flowerforyou:

j_g4ever

well I weighed myself this morning :sad: that is what i get for not doing what I was suppose to be doing all weekend and not giving a care :sad: But it will all come off again. I know I'm back on track and i shall exercise till i drop dead :laugh: o yea i will eat right also :bigsmile:

bbogart

Hey, y'all. I know I haven't been around much lately, but we have been wicked busy @ work. So busy in fact, that I rode my bicycle in to work today and I'll be riding home this evening. 22 miles 'round trip. Should equal about 1200-1300 calories all told. I hope y'all have a great evening.

Bryce

bbogart

My motivation for the week is this weekend. I have off all weekend and am taking the familyup to my mom's house in San Antonio. She has a pool and we are going to play in the pool and do nothing all weekend...except for me. I am bringing my bike along because riding around the hill country is awesome, and an awesome workout.

So...took an advancement testy this past week for work. Got the results back. They could have been better, but since the scoring is all subjective, I will have to wait to figure out where I am on the advancement list. Wish me luck!! Gotta go, but I hope y'all all can stay motivated for the week. Tomorrow are weigh ins, right? Not really looking forward to it, but we'll see.

seeya,
bryce

ngwife4life

I flaked today and almost forgot my daughter's Dr. appointment (and therefore ended up eating crap for dinner since I was on the run). She's still in the 99th percentile for weight and 98th percentile for her height. Sometimes I feel guilty; like her size is my fault for not being healthier while I was pregnant. Then I look at my 6'3", 230 pound husband and his whole gigantic family and feel a slight bit of comfort.

Rach - Your life sounds a lot like mine when I was your age. It's kind of freaky! The longest period of time I have been single since I was 14 is 6 months and a grand total of 8 months of being single. Though, your split sounds much more amicable than mine was with my ex. You ever need to vent, I'm here for ya!

Bryce - I've been wondering where you were! Glad to see you back and quite impressed by your dedication to riding your bike. Have fun in San Antonio and do some swimming for me! No one is getting me in a bathing suit this year so I have to live vicariously through others.

See the rest of you in the morning with our weigh in! :flowerforyou:

alapointe

Hi Everyone,

So I think I am finally on the tail end of this horrible cold that has taken its toll on my whole family. After spending all week in seperate Doctor offices for each of us, and now that we are all on antibotics it seems to finally be on the way out.

I went back to working out today and had a great workout for it being the first one in a week. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in won't be too bad, i have been trying to watch what i eat sort of, it is all that TOM. I did have a great day though. Went into a store that was having a clearance sale and bought some size 16 pants thinking i will eventually fit into them. Guess what i fit in them and can actually close them. Haven't been in that size since High School. It is a great feeling.

Rach- Things will get better and it is nice knowing that you have a plan in place. That makes it go a little smoother.

Good job everyone on keeping up with everything. I didn't get to do the fitness goal this time because of the darn cold, but would love ideas for this week.

jacqueline0821

I am just taking it easy. My fiance gave me his terrible cold that he had. I have been laying on the couch for two days blowing my nose. :grumble:

Hope everyone is well.

J

RachVR6

I am just taking it easy. My fiance gave me his terrible cold that he had. I have been laying on the couch for two days blowing my nose. :grumble:

Hope everyone is well.

J

Ugh I'm still getting over mine! Hope you feel better!! :flowerforyou:

RachVR6

I allowed myself to give into some cravings today and eat some crap, but I stayed in my calories. Things at the apartment are getting a little awkward now, because I'm waiting until this weekend to move everything at once. I did one last grocery trip tonight and stocked up on a lot of stuff for him, and I'm going to pay half of June's rent as well. I don't feel like it's fair for me to march out and leave all the bills on him, so I'm trying to help him a little so that he has time to make money for the next full month, or maybe put a little aside in case he has a rough week.

I think I'm going to ask my boss if I can have Friday off. It's already a 3day weekend so it'd be nice to have another day so I can run errands like returning license plates and things like that. I'm definitely down this week though, so there's something positive! :laugh:

chickadee10

I'm finally out of school. Now I can exercise hardcore. And log in all my food and exercising I do.

Does Hip Hope Abs work?

becbec71

Wow we are all sick huh? I went to the dr's yesterday and I have a massive sinus infection. meds for me and am hoping to be feeling better soon. It is one heck of an energy zapper! I have stayed within my calories though even though I wasnt up to working out.

fitgal411

I'm not sick, thank god, I just haven't posted here in a while. When you're sick you usually lose weight, so I guess that's a perk. Actually, that's not a healthy way to lose weight:grumble:

I have been upping my water intake still. My friends are like, "is that water bottle attached to your arm or something??????":laugh:

dawn717

I am glad we have started the new challenge and am sorry I didn't check in on week one. This has motivated me though to get going agian. It is so easy to slack off. It is also so easy to blame it all on the stress. I have a son graduating in a couple of weeks and that creates a huge amount of stress even though it is a good thing. Company is coming from out of town so I have to get the house all ready on top of everything else. It is also an extremely busy time of year at my job. Lots of meetings thrown in too so its hard to get my "regular" work done.
The good news is I am down a pound.
Looking forward to the rest of the results.
Go Blue!!:drinker:

bbogart

Good morning Blues! I hope everyone is doing well on this "Weigh in Wednesday". I am down 1.2 from last week, so I am satisfied with that. Especially since the week has been so hectic and I haven't had too uch time to work out.

I am sorry that everyone is sick. I know it sucks to not feel well, but I hope y'all get better.

I hope y'all have a great day. Good luck w/ weigh ins.

bbogart

She's still in the 99th percentile for weight and 98th percentile for her height. Sometimes I feel guilty; like her size is my fault for not being healthier while I was pregnant. Then I look at my 6'3", 230 pound husband and his whole gigantic family and feel a slight bit of comfort.

I would not worry about this. My son was off the charts for both his height and weight until he was about 4 yo. Then he shot up and slimmed down. Now he looks lie one little muscle. If your family was like mine, 25-30 years ago, we never worried about what we ate. We cleaned our plates because dad said so and we had desert every night and tried to have as many snacks as possible. We didn't know any better. The difference is that NOW we know better, and we can teach our children better. Of course our parents taught us that fruits and veggies were good for us and that candy rots your teeth. Then we proceeded to go out for virtually every dinner and hit as many buffets as possible. I didn't know any better. I just knew that I loved to eat. this has been the hardest habbit to break...overeating. I still struggle with it and I probably always will. It's ok, but I know that as many things as I will potentially teach him, overeating is not one of them.

You will do the same with your daughter. Teach her how to eat healthy and to enjoy the healthy foods, and that sweets are a special treat, but don't STRESS about it. The last thing you need is a teenager with a weight complex... Remember, too that much of our body build is genetics and some our bodies are more comfortable being at a little higher body fat content, but that doesn't mean that we have to accept it. That's why we are here working so hard. The fact that you are aready watching yourself will only provide a better example for your daughter. This makes you a good mommy.

chrissyh

:sick: Too many sick Blues - everyone GET BETTER!!!! :drinker:

Today is weigh in day ..... Have a Happy Healty Day

vickim26

My weight today is 206.8.

chrissyh

My weight today is 206.8.

vickim26 - did you also send RachVR6 a message....

RachVR6

My weight today is 206.8.

vickim26 - did you also send RachVR6 a message....

I got it

chrissyh

My weight today is 206.8.

vickim26 - did you also send RachVR6 a message....

I got it

Good Morning Rach!!!!

mnichol

Checking in with my weigh in today, down 1 lb!!! at 142 lb now.

RachVR6

My weight today is 206.8.

vickim26 - did you also send RachVR6 a message....

I got it

Good Morning Rach!!!!

Hello!!

RachVR6

Hey everyone. I'm leaving work at 10 today and going home. Not feeling to well, mostly just emotionally drained and need some time to myself. I figure I'll head out to the MVA and DMV and return some license plates and then head home to pack and take some things to my mom's. I got a text from an old friend of mine last night and was sooo unbelievably happy. I felt like a dork! But it's been so long since I've even been allowed to text people without 100 questions. :bigsmile:

Oh and another old friend is going to help me build my car!!! I've known this guy since I was 16 and haven't been able to spend any time with him in a few years so it's going to be a nice escape. I should start that project in a couple weeks, after he finishes up some things on his car and gets back from the 'Dubs at the Beach' car show.

Eating well, but I feel extreeeeemely thristy and forgot my water. I'll fill up my bottle when I get home in an hour. :drinker:

chrissyh

Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy...

Go get that water! Try to relax this afternoon

ngwife4life

Bryce - Thanks for your reply! It really did make me feel better!

Yeah, my family was a lot of the same way. One thing I was thinking about last night was that we didn't keep junk food in the house. Not because my parents didn't eat it. But because if they bought it, it was gone! I never understood self control. I've noticed the carton of ice cream I bought when I started this is still in the freezer. I've had lots of bowls of ice cream but they've been an actual portion size and therefore I have been able to enjoy it much more often. That is one thing I want to teach my daughter. That treats and junk food are OK if they are truly treats. Her pediatrician LOVES her and isn't concerned about her weight at all since she's also so tall. I'm not sure why I beat myself up over it sometimes but I guess that's how Mommy's can be! At least she has a lot of padding for all the falling she's been doing learning to pull up and figuring out how this walking thing works! :laugh: I think that if I can set a good example for my daughter on making exercise a part of my lifestyle and showing her by doing the right way to eat that the rest will fall into place.

I guess I am going to go weigh here in a bit. I still wake up like the stay puff marshmallow man and have to drink a bottle of water and then give it time to *ahem* work it's way out before I weigh. It makes a 3-4 pound difference! (Yes, I wake up to tinkle in the middle of the night and yes, I've been watching my sodium intake. It's a lot warmer here and I tend to blow up when it gets hot.)

AZWildcatnNC

My friends are like, "is that water bottle attached to your arm or something??????":laugh:

If you find an attachment let me know! My co-workers keep hiding my water bottle around the office. Silly people. I have a spare hiding they don't know about though!

Oh, and I'm at 230.4, or -3.2 from last week so their efforts are paying off - I'm losing and SO HAPPY :happy: after my little gain last week.

How did everyone do on their fitness challenges?

ngwife4life

An arm water bottle attachment would be awesome!!! I think I need to stop participating in mini challenges. We did the water one and I started drinking less. With the fitness one, I did half as many workouts as I said I would. I guess I'm just too rebellious! :laugh:

Down one pound!

writer4him

Weigh in for today 130.2

I'm so sorry I have not been contributing. No time for computer this week!

Kathy

chickadee10

I can't find absolutely nothing to eat for breakfast. I tried oatmeal, but when it finished cooking...yeah, it didn't look good at all.

Any idea of what I can eat for breakfast?