Black Team Week 8!!!!!

For two days in a row I have seen numbers in the 160's on the scale I sure hope this birthday day doesn't kill that. I want to be able to eat what I want but I like seeing the 160's.

hope everyone has a great day and I will check in tomorrow some time.

Sara - It's like an "ah-HA!" moment when you get past something that you've never been able to before. I lost weight in the past on weight watchers & gained it all back & then some, had baby after baby after baby & only saw the scale go up in between pregnancies. After my daughter was born, my best friend directed me to this site & I never looked back. I hope this is your place to do that, too. *hugs*

Ah-ha moments are the bomb. I also did Weight Watchers, more times than I care to count, lost 10-20, gained it back, fast. I usually settled right back to 195-200 pounds, my body liked it there.

For whatever reason, this last time I decided to tackle the weight loss beast, I decided to do it and do it right and do it for good. So when I complain that my body likes it at 150-153, smack me! It's way better than where I was for a long, long, long time. The lowest I ever was prior to MPF was 175ish and it never stayed for long.

Truly, for me the thing that changed was my lifestyle. I always heard that and thought, 'yeah, whatever'. I eat differently now, not just eating to stay within my calories, I eat different foods- there is a difference in my opinion. I exercise. Exercise was never a part of the equation before. Now exercise is a priority. So, yes, my lifestyle has changed.

It is a lot of fun to see others come along as they have their ah-ha moments too!

Sara - It's like an "ah-HA!" moment when you get past something that you've never been able to before. I lost weight in the past on weight watchers & gained it all back & then some, had baby after baby after baby & only saw the scale go up in between pregnancies. After my daughter was born, my best friend directed me to this site & I never looked back. I hope this is your place to do that, too. *hugs*

Ah-ha moments are the bomb. I also did Weight Watchers, more times than I care to count, lost 10-20, gained it back, fast. I usually settled right back to 195-200 pounds, my body liked it there.

For whatever reason, this last time I decided to tackle the weight loss beast, I decided to do it and do it right and do it for good. So when I complain that my body likes it at 150-153, smack me! It's way better than where I was for a long, long, long time. The lowest I ever was prior to MPF was 175ish and it never stayed for long.

Truly, for me the thing that changed was my lifestyle. I always heard that and thought, 'yeah, whatever'. I eat differently now, not just eating to stay within my calories, I eat different foods- there is a difference in my opinion. I exercise. Exercise was never a part of the equation before. Now exercise is a priority. So, yes, my lifestyle has changed.

It is a lot of fun to see others come along as they have their ah-ha moments too!

Seriously..... my body is hovering in the 168-173 range, and I ***** about it. My "comfy" range used to be the 205-211 range. I'm like Erma Bombeck, who once opined that over her life span she ventured to guess that she'd lost 1,020 pounds.....the same 20 pounds 51 times.

I'd love my comfort zone to be 158-163, and will still work towards that. Maybe when spring gets here and I have more hours in the daylight to get out running, and start training for the half, things will progress. But, I need to try and chill and see myself as the guy saw me yesterday who hadn't seen me in 5 years...."Wow, you look great!!!"

And, you know, my friends....let's remember OUR successes...I mean really try to remember your own successes to keep you going. I walked into the Dunkin Donuts yesterday, contemplating what donut I may want to get with my coffee (still battling the sugars, ugh)

I caught my reflection and remember the thrill and satisfaction i felt in August, when I was at the Solheim Cup with Sarah, catching my reflection in the Dunkin Donuts window, as a thin woman whose legs didn't rub together, and the thrill of knowing that I was leaving there with my UNSUGARED iced coffee.

That memory kept me from the donut. (it didn't quite keep me from the Gertrude Hawk chocolate later at the mall....but I digress...;)

My point? What...you want a point, too? I don't know that I have a point, people, except that we are awesome, have done some awesome things and have many yet to achieve.

Old, rambling lady signing off.

Here are the boots. Same boots, but about 16 months ago. Not brave enough for over the knee h@@ker boots. :laugh: And, if I were, I don't know that I'd take a photo...

Sara - It's like an "ah-HA!" moment when you get past something that you've never been able to before. I lost weight in the past on weight watchers & gained it all back & then some, had baby after baby after baby & only saw the scale go up in between pregnancies. After my daughter was born, my best friend directed me to this site & I never looked back. I hope this is your place to do that, too. *hugs*

Ah-ha moments are the bomb. I also did Weight Watchers, more times than I care to count, lost 10-20, gained it back, fast. I usually settled right back to 195-200 pounds, my body liked it there.

For whatever reason, this last time I decided to tackle the weight loss beast, I decided to do it and do it right and do it for good. So when I complain that my body likes it at 150-153, smack me! It's way better than where I was for a long, long, long time. The lowest I ever was prior to MPF was 175ish and it never stayed for long.

Truly, for me the thing that changed was my lifestyle. I always heard that and thought, 'yeah, whatever'. I eat differently now, not just eating to stay within my calories, I eat different foods- there is a difference in my opinion. I exercise. Exercise was never a part of the equation before. Now exercise is a priority. So, yes, my lifestyle has changed.

It is a lot of fun to see others come along as they have their ah-ha moments too!

Seriously..... my body is hovering in the 168-173 range, and I ***** about it. My "comfy" range used to be the 205-211 range. I'm like Erma Bombeck, who once opined that over her life span she ventured to guess that she'd lost 1,020 pounds.....the same 20 pounds 51 times.

I'd love my comfort zone to be 158-163, and will still work towards that. Maybe when spring gets here and I have more hours in the daylight to get out running, and start training for the half, things will progress. But, I need to try and chill and see myself as the guy saw me yesterday who hadn't seen me in 5 years...."Wow, you look great!!!"

And, you know, my friends....let's remember OUR successes...I mean really try to remember your own successes to keep you going. I walked into the Dunkin Donuts yesterday, contemplating what donut I may want to get with my coffee (still battling the sugars, ugh)

I caught my reflection and remember the thrill and satisfaction i felt in August, when I was at the Solheim Cup with Sarah, catching my reflection in the Dunkin Donuts window, as a thin woman whose legs didn't rub together, and the thrill of knowing that I was leaving there with my UNSUGARED iced coffee.

That memory kept me from the donut. (it didn't quite keep me from the Gertrude Hawk chocolate later at the mall....but I digress...;)

My point? What...you want a point, too? I don't know that I have a point, people, except that we are awesome, have done some awesome things and have many yet to achieve.

Old, rambling lady signing off.

Marla - This is perfect. This is how I feel today. I'm upset that I let myself eat so friggin' much this week and past weekend. But, you know what, it doesn't define who I am. Not anymore. A year and a half ago, it woud have. But, not today. I can look at myself and see the good. I can see the not so good. When the not so good is showing - the pudgy, water retention, I know I can fix it. When I see that my muscle definition is disappearing. I know I can fix it. I don't let it get me down. I don't say the he$$ with it and go on weeks of binges. Thank you for your eloquent words. Thanks for putting my feelings too, into words! YOU lift ME up my friend!

Sara - It's like an "ah-HA!" moment when you get past something that you've never been able to before. I lost weight in the past on weight watchers & gained it all back & then some, had baby after baby after baby & only saw the scale go up in between pregnancies. After my daughter was born, my best friend directed me to this site & I never looked back. I hope this is your place to do that, too. *hugs*

Ah-ha moments are the bomb. I also did Weight Watchers, more times than I care to count, lost 10-20, gained it back, fast. I usually settled right back to 195-200 pounds, my body liked it there.

For whatever reason, this last time I decided to tackle the weight loss beast, I decided to do it and do it right and do it for good. So when I complain that my body likes it at 150-153, smack me! It's way better than where I was for a long, long, long time. The lowest I ever was prior to MPF was 175ish and it never stayed for long.

Truly, for me the thing that changed was my lifestyle. I always heard that and thought, 'yeah, whatever'. I eat differently now, not just eating to stay within my calories, I eat different foods- there is a difference in my opinion. I exercise. Exercise was never a part of the equation before. Now exercise is a priority. So, yes, my lifestyle has changed.

It is a lot of fun to see others come along as they have their ah-ha moments too!

Seriously..... my body is hovering in the 168-173 range, and I ***** about it. My "comfy" range used to be the 205-211 range. I'm like Erma Bombeck, who once opined that over her life span she ventured to guess that she'd lost 1,020 pounds.....the same 20 pounds 51 times.

I'd love my comfort zone to be 158-163, and will still work towards that. Maybe when spring gets here and I have more hours in the daylight to get out running, and start training for the half, things will progress. But, I need to try and chill and see myself as the guy saw me yesterday who hadn't seen me in 5 years...."Wow, you look great!!!"

And, you know, my friends....let's remember OUR successes...I mean really try to remember your own successes to keep you going. I walked into the Dunkin Donuts yesterday, contemplating what donut I may want to get with my coffee (still battling the sugars, ugh)

I caught my reflection and remember the thrill and satisfaction i felt in August, when I was at the Solheim Cup with Sarah, catching my reflection in the Dunkin Donuts window, as a thin woman whose legs didn't rub together, and the thrill of knowing that I was leaving there with my UNSUGARED iced coffee.

That memory kept me from the donut. (it didn't quite keep me from the Gertrude Hawk chocolate later at the mall....but I digress...;)

My point? What...you want a point, too? I don't know that I have a point, people, except that we are awesome, have done some awesome things and have many yet to achieve.

Old, rambling lady signing off.

Marla - This is perfect. This is how I feel today. I'm upset that I let myself eat so friggin' much this week and past weekend. But, you know what, it doesn't define who I am. Not anymore. A year and a half ago, it woud have. But, not today. I can look at myself and see the good. I can see the not so good. When the not so good is showing - the pudgy, water retention, I know I can fix it. When I see that my muscle definition is disappearing. I know I can fix it. I don't let it get me down. I don't say the he$$ with it and go on weeks of binges. Thank you for your eloquent words. Thanks for putting my feelings too, into words! YOU lift ME up my friend!

Marla- good rambling my friend. I understood perfectly. I will still catch a glimse of myself at the gym in a mirror and that brief 'uh, skinny b!tch alert' thing runs through my head, then I realize it's ME. I will never stop loving the way I feel when I realize that reflection is my body.

Kati- you are exactly where I was last week. Guess what. You are different now. So am I. I let myself go, grumbled a bit, gasped at the scale, got back to it, and within 4 days am back to my 'ok weight'. You will be too! We can't be 100% all the time, but we can be 100% most of the time and that's what matters.

Sara- having people who understand how hard it is, how much work and dedication it takes and all the struggles involved make all the difference in the world. So happy you are able to experience it with us.

Never stop remembering who you were before. If you do, you'll stop remembering why you can't go back there. Time to share why we can't go back and why we need to be thankful for who we are now.

This is the most horrific picture I came across lately. There is another one taken right after this, I was bending over forward, it may be worse but the girls are practically falling out, so I spared you. It takes a lot to share this. It's embarrassing, I don't want to admit that was me, but it was, so it's ok to put it out to my friends, saying I dont want to go back.


One of my most recent progress pics. Sure I still have some work I would like to do... but in comparision to before, I can live with now.

Lori- You look great!!!! Is that a belly ring I see???? Maybe that's what I will shoot for!

Yeah, I got it when I tured 30 and got divorced... and was FAT. LOL I never show it to anybody, but it's there.

I still want a tattoo. I've wanted one since I was 20. Some day I'll stop talking and do it.

I realized this week I am THIS now. This is who I am. Someone I have not seen in a year asked me if I lost weight..........I said no, why?

She said wow....I don't know, I thought you were heavier:ohwell: ........then another person said...Hey J she hasn't seen you in over a year!:laugh:

Oh-sorry......132 is who I am NOW........up a little, down a little..........but exercsing and eating salad IS who I am.

So now I want to hit that last 15 pounds so my tummy looks like Lori's

And then I get a belly ring too:drinker:

Good freaking friday afternoon, I am in an amazing mood, there was only 2 server in the back dining room at crakcer barrel today which meant I made over 100 in 5 hours not complaining..I was so excited, I did 7.7 miles on the bike I need to update my signatue, I have done some serious miles this week..

Had a loong talk with my trainer and she said I need to add more food to my daily food, but since seening the numerb scare me dont log it she said that dont mean eat 3 snickers and not log it it means eat a small handful of grapes and not log it and I I grab like 3 kisses around 630 since I eat dinner around 4 430...This has helped out tramendously..I have felt fuller and not wanting to snakc as much, I have been on board all week and super super super proud of myself..

I hope everyone is doing well I am fixin to go eat my fireball as my snack..

And for dinner I am having clam chowder I am so excited havent had it ina while

Tomorrow is family day...will hit the gym from 7-9 and burn as many calories as I can and then enjoy the day..I am so exicted..

Lori - Shut up. That is all. No, seriously. You look aMAZing, my friend. You're toned, you're trim, you're happy. You are spectacular.

Marla - I do it at the gym, too. When I'm doing my cool down laps on the track, I'll catch my reflection in the glass over the pool. When did my thighs get so skinny?! :laugh:

Tanya - *hugs* I hope you are in better spirits tomorrow.

Tamara - Enjoy your family day!

Kati - Whooooo! Nice boots, lady!

I had a really good day today. Here it is 7:30 pm , I burned 504 calories and have over 600 left. Woot Woot !! We made to the producer today and got lots and lots of fruit and veggies. This is going to sound like a lot but believe me it will mostly be gone in a week. 10 # of bananas, tray of red delicious apples(22), dozen oranges, seedless grapes, 2 heads of lettuce, 2 cucumbers and carrots. All for under $25, I know I'm missing something there. Jim and I both LOVE our fruits and veggies and none of it will go to waste.

Have been really bad about my snacking choices and while its cold I use any excuse not to exercise. I'm bored with my dvd/s, to cold in the basement to ride the bike,and to freaking cold to walk/run. So I need all the support I can get from you lovely ladies and Batman to get me through till spring.

Black Team !

I had a very hard night tonight. I just got back from the funeral home. A 16-year-old boy from the county where I was born was murdered last week and left in a field. I found out today that his mother was one of my best friends in middle school. It just made me sick. I tried not to think too much about it, but it is very hard as my oldest son is the same age as the son she just lost. She didn't recognize me at first but when she did her face lit up. I gave her my address so we can exchange pictures from the old days. I plan on staying in touch with her during the hard times yet to come. Please remember this family in your prayers.

I had a very hard night tonight. I just got back from the funeral home. A 16-year-old boy from the county where I was born was murdered last week and left in a field. I found out today that his mother was one of my best friends in middle school. It just made me sick. I tried not to think too much about it, but it is very hard as my oldest son is the same age as the son she just lost. She didn't recognize me at first but when she did her face lit up. I gave her my address so we can exchange pictures from the old days. I plan on staying in touch with her during the hard times yet to come. Please remember this family in your prayers.

Tammy, that's dreadful-- so sorry to hear. How lovely that you could reconnect, and maybe bring some comfort to your old friend.

Bryanna-- 40 pounds is wonderful-- congrats! And 5 dates? Holy moly--

Lori - I'll see if I can find some pics...but it won't be pretty :laugh:

can anyone say " Happy Birthday" ?

:laugh:

:flowerforyou: I love you

I had a very hard night tonight. I just got back from the funeral home. A 16-year-old boy from the county where I was born was murdered last week and left in a field. I found out today that his mother was one of my best friends in middle school. It just made me sick. I tried not to think too much about it, but it is very hard as my oldest son is the same age as the son she just lost. She didn't recognize me at first but when she did her face lit up. I gave her my address so we can exchange pictures from the old days. I plan on staying in touch with her during the hard times yet to come. Please remember this family in your prayers.

{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}} You can be that once removed person in her life she can express her pain to. God bless you for your loving heart.

I will pray for her and her family. And that they find the scum that did it:mad: