20 th July new group

malpait

Can I possibly join you guys? I started this past week on Tues. Monday weigh in's are great for me.

This group looks awesome! I really need the extra motivation and challenges.

My story- I have 3 daughters ages 7, 6 and 2 1/2. After I had my youngest I weighed **gasp** 225. So I have taken these last 2 years to be fit and healthy. I am at 178 and would like to lose 20-30lbs. I am not sure where I am going to want to stop. We are moving back across the country and my hubby is still in AZ. It has been hard because we enjoyed family bike rides, family walks. He was my main motivator. The girls and I are staying with my parents. So now we are encouraging my mom to be healthier. My girls are very aware of the proper foods to eat and they let her know when she is not "behaving".

I am looking forward to getting this done!!

Jennie :happy:

spiralgirl71

I survived my workout last night. Got the challenge done as well. Still doing crunches though. I have a dinner date tonight with some elementary school peeps. I am going to try to check the menu out before I get there so I can figure out what my best option is.
I won't be working out until late tonight so I might wait until tomorrow to post results for Fri and Sat.

Patty-The new site is awesome!! I already wrote down the challenge for tomorrow.

Jennie- Welcome! This is a very supportive group. You will love it.

Have a great vacation Elizabeth!!

Happy Friday everyone!!
~Dominique

angelae39

Happy Friday Everyone!! I have been doing Zumba this week so not really doing the challanges. I feel great though and the food diary and I are going through a Love/Hate relationship. I love that I think about everything before I eat it, but hate that the calories seem to add up so quickly. Looks like we have all most made it through a week together. Great job ladies and can't wait to see our results on Monday.

Angela

Eava57

I've been wanting to get a Zumba workout dvd. Angela, do you have one to recommend? I belong to CURVES and need to get back there once my knee heals.:sad: Hope everyone had a great first week. I had a lot of challenges but managed to lose 3 lbs.:drinker: No celebrations yet. Keeping the calorie count does keep one "honest".
Patty, the new site is awesome. Thank you so much for your hard work.
I'll e-mail my weight directlly to you.

Week 2...Here we come!!!
Eava

angelae39

I go to a studio and take the class so I have never used any of the DVD's, but my instructor learned from the guy on zumba.com so any of the DVD's on that site should be good.

richelle_ross

havent done fridays challenge yet..tho ive been getting a good work out at work for 8 hours! heading to the gym to do some cardio and the challenge...a friend of mine and myself are challenging each other.. he was told the same thing by a dr. that he needs to lose weight so each week were doing a weigh in..it should be fun as i will not let him be the winner! or should i say biggest loser..? lol

ldr624

Hello All,

I'm having a great day so far. Burned 400 calories on the cross trainer and elliptical and am eating well. I have to do the challenge for today and eat well tonight.

Hope that everyone else is hanging in there. I'm excited about the weigh-in on Monday.

aholly70

hi i did my workout to i did a dvd that has circuit traning intervals it was good. i hope everyone has a good weekend.

richelle_ross

Along with my 7ish hours of cleaning today, i did My cardio part of the challenge, along with some leg lifts that i have to do to get my left thigh, knee and calf built back up. When i get home from class at 10pm I will try my best to get the other parts of the challenge done!

jigglybits

Hi Everyone

I was not to happy with the first site
Everyone had to download this and that

I made a new one pfff
I think this one is better
Let me know what you think

http://sites.google.com/site/julystarters/


Patty

Brilliant job Patty

angl

patty09.......the web site looks fabulous!!!:laugh: :bigsmile: :flowerforyou: Thanx for doing that for us. I really like the DON'T QUIT message. How often I have given up only to start again on Monday. So, it hit home for me.
hunnibun..you should be able to view it now.
I got my work out in for today and had 72 calories left to eat. I would say today was a success.
Hope ya all had successful days also.
angl:bigsmile:

patty09

Hi everyone

Yeah when I read that poem I also thought, that sounds like me. Haha

Am I the ONLY one here who finds it tough doing the cardio and the challenges?
I have done them all but pfjeee with a lot of sweat
Yesterday my legs nearly gave up on me so I skipped the cardio.
I read here and there that you guys are jumping around in front of the telly. Great!!!
I dont give up, I will keep on going but must say I have to push myself to it.
I think it's been maybe 20 years that I have been doing daily workouts like this
I feel good afterwards

Can't wait to see the scale on monday
No I haven't looked yet, even that's an achievement already

Keep it up girls!!

aholly70

Good Morning Team,
Yes i now can view the web site ya i'm so happy ans pattyo9 it's awesome site great job.
Is everyone liking the challenges?
Cuz in time they will get harder as you all get stronger,i'm so proud of this team way to go and keep it up.now tomorrow rest day,but if you like do a dvd.Otherwise do today as last chance workout.

Have a great Day everyone!!!!!!!

angelae39

Good morning everyone!! For me the real challange begins today. The weekend! For some reason it feels so much easier to cheat. Though, I went out to dinner last night and I looked at the menu before hand, knew what to order and how much I could eat. So, when I got there I didn't even look at the menu. I brought half of my food home and actually rxercised portion control. What a concept!! Going to Zumba today and tomorrow for an extra push before Monday's big weigh in. Have a great day everyone!!

spiralgirl71

Good Morning All!!

Patty- My abs are so sore. I feel it everywhere. Some days it is harder than others for me to get motivated. But, I know I need to post on this thread and in the Turbo Jam one so that helps me a bit.


Friday was okay. I walked for 45 minutes and did get the rest of the challenges in.

I am going to work out earlier today. I am going to dinner at my in-laws and I can't really dictate what is served. So I will just watch my portions and make sure that I have as many calories as possible available before I get there.

Even though there is a bit left of the week, I feel wonderful overall! I can get past the soreness. I feel stronger already. I love this group and it has helped me so much!!

Have a wonderful Saturday all!! I will post my workout results before I goto bed tonight.
~Dominique

aholly70

Hello,idid my workout for 70 mins today did 60 on treadmill 10 with weights plus some ab workout.

kathyp1

Hi Patti,

Can you add mine too? SW 155, August goal 153, ultimate goal 145. Thanks! Kathy

spiralgirl71

Got in 30 minutes of cardio. I also did 40 minutes of sculpting that included the rest of today's challenges. I finished up with a 20 minute Pilates ring workout.

Tomorrow is going to be a rest day for me. I will check in to see how everyone is doing though.

~Dominique

richelle_ross

I didn't get my workout in today.. so today will be my 'rest day' and tomorrow its hard core after work. I did 7 hours of laundry at work, I consider that a work out.. I'm going bowling for a bachelorette party tonight, so that'll be a fun! Have a good night and a good sunday!

rsabey

How do you get to the website?

angl

The web site is........ http://sites.google.com/site/julystarters/
I just bookmarked it so it is easy to get to.
Here is something that motivates me.....I have a pair of jeans that I can wear at 160lbs and I try them on everyday.. Of course they dont fit but it reminds me that I still have a ways to go. One day they will fit but be tight:grumble: and one day they will fit perfect.
When Im thinking I need something sweet to eat I go and try on those jeans and usually change my mind. It works great with a swim suit. MIND GAMES
angl:bigsmile:

dawnndamen

Good morning all! I haven't been on in a couple of days. I've been having a lot of marriage troubles lately, and since Thursday things have gotten even worse. I'm hanging in there. I have managed to stay within my calorie range, even with the stress. If anything I haven't eaten enough. I didn't get my workout in on Friday. But I decided yesterday that I wasn't going to let him keep me down this time. I took a two hour walk with my kids(they rode their bikes while I walked pushing DJ in his stroller). It was actually a great workout. My legs are sore this morning.
Patti, the website looks great. I love the poem that you have on there it's a great motivator.
Angl, I luv your cupcake pic!! :laugh:
I hope everyone else is doing ok.

aholly70

Good morning everyone,Dawnndamen i'm sorry you are having a rough time just do your best to stay postive,its easier said than done,and remember we are here for you.

Well it's sun and my husband left for work for the week,will be home fri. he's a truck driver.this week i had fri and sat with him that was nice but that only happens once in a great while.

Well today i said rest day but i'm going to do a dvd.
Have a great day!!!

malpait

Hey ladies-

Last night was a crazy one. It was a good friends bachlorette party. I tried to be good, but once you have enough jello shots in you cookies made into a penis shape are yummy I hope that we danced enough so I still have a decent loss!

Kind of hungover today....drinking coffee and relaxing. I do plan on walking when the kids get back from their shopping trip with Grandma and Grandpa. I like to encourage them to be active with me.

Have a blessed day!

Jennie

Eava57

Good Monday Morning to Everyone. Hope everyone had a great first week. (I weigh on Fridays). I am excited to see how much we lost as a group. The weekend was a little hard...my anniversary is on Tuesday so I made my special kahlua cake for Sat. night dessert. I added raspberries on top so I wouldnt' feel so guilty.:laugh: I am going to try the exercise challenges. Keep up the great job! You ladies are awesome!

patty09

Hi
Yesterday was hard.
I set a nice breakfast table for the kids with breadrolls and a french loaf. I had a few slices of the loaf I didn't know that that was loaded with call.
For dinner the kids wanted domino's pizza. Ok
I made a nice big bowl of salad and only took 1/8 of the pizza. All within my daily call.
No what happend this morning!!! I went on the scale and lost ......... 0 absolutely 0
I did workouts 5 times a week with pff a lot of sweat. Ate within the callorie zone, eat the exersise call and still 0
Oh my G...
No I wasn't happy
ok
I have so many new friends now and with setting up the weigh in website I am not going to stop!
Eventhough that's the easy way out.
I hope you guys have a better result
Don't forget to mail them to me so that I can upat them in one go
Have a great day everyone!!

aholly70

HI.
patty09 this happens drink more water and even though you are staying in cal range look at what you are eating maybe to many starchy foods or sugars.and sometimes just a little more cardio.might do the trick.

I stayed the same which is fine cuz i lost inches,measure yourself you might've lost inches.
hope everyone has a great day!

exercise challenges are on the other web site for the whole week.

spiralgirl71

My scale stayed the same :sad:
I know I probably lost inches so I'm not too worried. I know I was on track with my calories.
We shall see how next week goes.

I really need to get a heart rate monitor. Hopefully I will purchase one on Friday.

I think I need to go read the motivational ditty on the website now.

Stay strong everyone!!

angelae39

Hi Everyone!!

I lost 3.5 this week. I know that most of it is probably water weight, but quite motivating just the same. Maybe there is something to this whole eat right and exercise concept. I am doing my Zumba class tonight and I finally bought a heart rate monitor so that I can rally measure how many calories I burn at class.

For those of you whose scale stayed the same, you stuck with it all week and that should be celebrated, because we are all making ourselves healthier.

Angela

ldr624

Hello Everyone,

Are you ready for another week? I am...as I have lost 2.6 pounds for my first weigh-in. Although, I was hoping for more, I am grateful. I weighed myself 4 times this morning before I settled on a number. I wonder if my scale needs a new batttery. The first number was too low to me. Anyhow...I shall see next week.

I am off to a good start this morning. I am having dinner with friends tonight, which will be a challenge. I will get my exercise in and eat lighter meals/snacks throughout the day.

Good luck.

LaDonna (LDR624)