Bikini Babes - January 2010

Happy New Year Everyone!

Sorry I've basically been MIA for all of December. This Saturday I will weigh in for the BB thread and it will be my first weigh in a month. I'm really scared. My clothes are tighter and I'm afraid I will be very depressed when I face the scale.

My goals for this month are to get back on track! This week I started a sort of "reset" plan I saw online - basically no added sugar or salt, lots of water, lots of veggies and fruit, little carbs - to get my body off the sugar/fat craving cycle I started over the holidays. The January play:

*start logging food again (starting today)
*getting back to exercise plan and figuring out how to run in the snow
*cut out alcohol for the rest of the month to detox from the holidays
*not getting too down on myself for the month long excess that was December
*drinking my water
*once again posting on MFP!!

I did have a great holiday month and really enjoyed my new Christmas cookbook and making lots of yummy food. I totally went overboard - but I'm hoping to keep it in perspective as part of my new healthy lifestyle. I just made 4 quarts of vegetable stock and this week will have lots of veg soups and veg stock sauces and fish! I actually have been dying for healthy, simple food after the richness of the holidays.

Okay everyone - glad to be back and let's have a great new year.

hey everyone. i've haven't had no candy, but i had a bite of a yellow cake with chocolate icing. i'm going to kick my butt into gear once i get what i have to do and once it gets warm here i can actually start walking. but our little dog, sure is giving me a good run though. good luck on your goals.

That is right - bathing suits are starting to appear in stores. I saw that the other day in target and it was like "WHAT?!?". It's too early in my opinion. :laugh: I can't even anticipate what size I will be when summer comes.

I did Jillian Michaels' Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD today. It was fun. Tonight I am going to be trying Boot Camp with my aunt. It is once a week at our gym, so we may make it a weekly thing if we enjoy it.

So far, so good on the challenge today. No sweets - just fruit, yogurt, whole grains, and protein. Once again, I may allow myself two pieces of Cadbury Chocolate Fingers as a treat after dinner - but that's it. :big smile:

They do a bootcamp at our gym also.... I haven't been brave enough to try it I have had a couple of friends do it and they said it was HARD!!!! So, maybe I will work up to it LOL
I did my 30 Day shred already today and tonight I am putting in 2 hours at the gym, so I should definitely burn LOTS of calories today

I have the same problem with the 'treats' at work. I have found that I don't really want a whole 'treat', I just want to taste it. So, I have been cutting off just a bite of what I want. It's still a high calorie bite, but not a whole portion. And, it has rubbed off on my coworkers. Instead of taking a whole piece of something, a few of us share one. Only problem is that the stuff stays around a lot longer!

Hi everyone!

Sounds like you all have such a great mind set for this year. I think that we are all going to achieve our goals that we set!

I am having such a hard day today. One of my best friends, my dog, Bear, passed away today. He was a wonderful companion and I loved him very much. I can't believe how hard it is.

I am pleased that I did not binge over this tho. Normally I would have. But I didn't. I did, however, have a couple of glasses of wine after work.

Sorry to be a downer in posting tonight, I just felt that I had to share

You are all doing such a wonderful job, keep up the great work!

I'm sorry to hear that sjmay . But seeing as how much you cared for him, he was very lucky to have you . Remember the good times

Hi everyone!

Sounds like you all have such a great mind set for this year. I think that we are all going to achieve our goals that we set!

I am having such a hard day today. One of my best friends, my dog, Bear, passed away today. He was a wonderful companion and I loved him very much. I can't believe how hard it is.

I am pleased that I did not binge over this tho. Normally I would have. But I didn't. I did, however, have a couple of glasses of wine after work.

Sorry to be a downer in posting tonight, I just felt that I had to share

You are all doing such a wonderful job, keep up the great work!

I am so sorry to hear about Bear... I know the feeling... I lost my little fur baby 4 years ago and I still tear up when I think about him... I had him for 13 years. A little red dachushund named Junior. He was my BABY! When you have a pet for so long, they become a family memeber. So, your greiving is totally normal!
Congrats on not binging during this. My thoughts are with you :flowerforyou:

i'm sorry to hear about your dog. i know what's it like to lose a pet, you cared alot about. again i'm sorry.

Starting Weight: 245
Bikini Babe Start: 203
Last Weigh In: 199.6
This Week: 198.2

This week loss: -1.4
Bikini Babe total loss: 4.8


Yay! :bigsmile: My goal is to reach 195 by the end of January. It's only 3.2 pounds and 3 weeks away..

Saturday, January 9th Weigh In

Starting Weight: 193
Bikini Babe Start: 179
Last Weigh in: 169
This Week: 168

This week loss: -1
Bikini Babe total loss: -11

i weight in at 182.2lbs. this moring. i can't remember what was last time i weight in.

hi everyone i have a question. has anyone has the wii fit or the wii fit plus? if anyone does, does it work and do you just hook it up to your tv or what do you use?

Well - I finally got back on the scale after a whole month of being off the wagon. It wasn't pretty.

SW - 190
LW (as of Dec.1) - 155
CW - 161 (+6)
BBGW - 135

6 lbs in one month - I'm hoping maybe some of it is water, but I thought I would be rid of water weight after a week back on the wagon. Wow. I don't know what to say.

hi everyone, i went for a long walk today with our dog again today. i went walking twice yesterday and last night. it felt great. i just put my headphones on and put the leash on him and just go walking. hopefully i'll be back in the 170's next saturnday.

I did the same thing (4 lbs) and lost it in two days... so it was definitely water... I had too much sodium the week before.... So, I drank LOTS of water and kept track of my food (very little sodium) and kicked up my cardio... AND two days later, it was gone... So, my body was retaining water... Good luck!!!