Do you need to lose 60 pounds too?

Welcome Rertazzo!! This place is awesome. I'm blessed I fell onto this site

Good luck

@mamadaisy Man, oh Man was the sandwich YUMMY...probably not worth the calories, but it was good and the walking/jogging with the dogs was even better..

Its supposed to be hot today, so I'm thinking its laps in the pool with the kiddos today. I've got a 4yr old that I can tow around on her floaty. So extra calories to be burned today. YAY. Maybe those 2lbs will go, and a few more this week.

Hope everyone is doing well. I have had little to no energy this past week and a half but I have still tried to go out and at least walk for 30 minutes a day. My headaches have gone away so I'm not sure what's draining my energy.

We're hoping to go out of town on Friday but we're waiting for our leave to be approved so we probably won't know if we're actually going until that morning. We're going to throw my son's 1st birthday party while we're out of town with our relatives since we do not live close by them. I'm going to make sure to exercise that day so I can afford to eat a piece of cake with him! I'm most worried about my sushi night. I have already stated that I am going to allow 1 cheat day while I'm visiting my family so we can go out to my favorite sushi place and I don't have to be full of inhibition. Sushi is such a weakness for me *duck*.

Glad your headaches are gone....killer headaches are good for ruining just about everything.

I'm with you on the exhaustion!!! Its pretty dang warm here right now, and with a ton of kids during the day, I'm just wiped out. I walked Monday, but have missed last night and its way too warm tonight to walk and its only going to get warmer. Swimming with the kids would be good if the pool wasn't so overcrowded. So until I get to bed early enough to get up early, or the weather changes a bit...I'll be sticking to eating well, drinking a ton of water and trying to swim with the kiddos.

1st birthday parties are always the best! I hope you and your family enjoy every minute of it...and the cake too.

hey every1. i've been MIA for a while & just wanted 2 say hiya. i was sick as a dog last wk :sick: (strep-ish??? wasn't strep but had all the symptoms & the dr even checked the coulture... w/e...) & still just recoverin. hopefully i'll b fully recovered by next wk & back doin exercisin. WHOOHOO! lol.

I need help to, I am post back surgery and needing to shed 30 pounds. I am looking for support and motivation and I am willing to offer the same back! We can do this!!!!

Happy Thursday everyone!!!

Its supposed to get to be around 100 today...jeeeeeezzzzzzzz......with no air conditioning in my apartment, we are gonna be a bit uncomfortable.

@mamadaisy.....Unfortunately for me, my boyfriend is a HUGE fan of weight training not cardio for weight loss. I think its the ex-bodybuilder in him that gets stuck on this. He used to P/T for bodybuilders...not short fat girls LOL So I take a bit of what his advice is, and then wrap it around what I know to be correct for me as well. I need a fair amount of cardio, especially since having some nasty lung infection a few years ago that left scarring and damage on my lungs. I get some serious attacks that look/feel a lot like asthma attacks when I put out much exertion in exercise. The lungs are a million times better now, but still have some flare ups fairly often when jogging or swimming too fast. The cardio I have done the last 2 years has helped to greatly improve my lung function. I also know that weight training is also one of the best ways to increase muscle which increases calorie burn and makes ya look better. Now its just finding the time and space to work it all in. LOL I'm blessed that the BF doesn't argue with me about cardio, he knows its good for me. LOL I'm also blessed that even though I'm fat, and having a hard time getting up and running (so to speak) I KNOW exactly what I need to be eating and doing to lose weight. LOL The information is all here in my head, its more the exhaustion and lack of space that gets me. Cannot wait for things to work themselves out so I can actually join the gym.

Barring any disasters today...my room should be fully completed and I will have my work out space ready to go for tomorrow. I'm going to get in the pool and swim laps with the kiddos today and then break out the work out videos tomorrow morning. Need more money for newer videos though. I have the entire set of (they are old now) Yoga Booty Ballet dvd work outs. They are fun and used to kick my *kitten* a few years ago. I've also got some yoga and Pilates dvds to work with. My ultimate goal is to actually be able to run/jog again. There is nothing quite like the feeling of freedom and strength that comes from being able to just run. PLUS with 2 very active pit bulls and one insanely active Boston Terrier...running is an excellent activity for us. Now to just get rid of this exhaustion so I can move my butt. LOL

@GooBeGone Very happy to see you back and on the road to recovery!!! Hate, hate, hate when getting ill screws everything up!!! Hopefully getting back on track and losing what you gained happens fast and easy for you!

@cmak8 Welcome Everyone here is absolutely wonderful, full of great ideas and support. I love this place, and this group, more and more each day!!

Hope everyone has a good day today!!! Good luck with achieving today's goals.

Hi! Not posting much at all this week because I'm out of town. So far I've went over my calories a couple of times but not by much. Considering I'm set up to lose 2lbs/wk it still leaves me at a deficit so my weightloss should still be apparent. Everyone wants to socialize over meals and I've made great choices when eating out I think but nothing beats cooking in when it comes to counting calories . I wanted to go bike riding with my husband but so far we've been busy up until 11pm visiting family so there hasn't been any time to go burn calories.

Have a great week guys!

Hi. I'd love to join you guys if that's ok. I started here needing to lose 60. I'm down 8 so far. I went through a few ups and downs but I don't plan on going up any more! I'm going to go back and read the old posts so I can catch up.

Rhaeven: I'm glad you found some exercises you can do in your room. I do the Biggest Loser Boot Camp and 30 Day Shred in my room. You don't need much room, just enough for lunging.

I can't post when hubby is home. He works at night but when he's home he hogs the computer. lol. My TOM is a pain and keeps me from exercising so I don't hink I'll do well this week but I'm not discouraged. I'm under my cals and drinking water. We have to deal with this every month so ... whatcha gonna do!?! Well, I need to get back to work.

Have a great Wednesday!

So, I did my weigh in this morning and lost a pound... down to 198 yay! I actually feel like I am gonna stay under 200 now. I was all worried about the slight stall I had, but in reality I noticed I have logged in 35 days in a row and lost 11.6 pounds.... that's still 2 pounds a week, little more really, so I got no complaints! Ten days of the shred came to only one pound lost, but half of that time was my stall, so whatever, I'm can't wait to measure. Decided I am gonna wait for the 30 days to measure so I see real results
So quiet around here. I hope ya'll are doing good and keeping up with your goals. I know Mirlyn is on vacation ~ I wanna go! Talk to you ladies soon

Happy ? Monday---My weigh in day. I lost another 2.2lbs!!! So excited, that makes 11lbs since begging my BF to help me out, and 31lbs since I've been keeping track (last year) and probably closer to 40lbs over all. But I'm only really counting the 11lbs for this year. LOL (kinda sad that even with about a 40lb loss I'm still in the same size clothes) Having a BF that is eating the same way, or nearly the same way sure makes things so much better when I go over there for the night/weekend!! LOL

Had an awesome Fri/Sat with the BF, and of course was tortured at work yesterday! Today I am going to put out applications for a new facility to work in. Hate that place. Never have worked anywhere I actually hated being before!! And next month I have to pick up more days. Yuck!! Oh well.

Last week I won a 'raffle' on MFP from another member who is finishing up with her 30 Day Shred video...she is passing it along. I should be getting the DVD in the next week or two, so I will be starting that as soon as I get it!! So excited.

I am definitely looking forward to this week, How cool is that?! More eating right, and trying to find time to increase my working out, and I need to drink more water!

Hope everyone has a fantastic week

Supposed to be working on homework... I'm hating this math class. But it is necassary~
EboniA~ I am trying to do it every day, but I have lost I think 3 since starting. I am on Level 2 (just day 3 tomorrow) now and it really kicks my butt!
Speaking of my butt, my BF says its smaller... he may have just been trying to score though~
Rhaeven~ congrats on the loss, sorry about your workout area. Hope she feels better soon.
Sometimes I hate my job, but then I remember I have the best job in the world ~ Mom ~

Back to the other job, that I really hate ~ school ~

You guys are awesome. :flowerforyou:

I had a good day today. I walked to the school to pick up the kids and I'll do the shred tonight. I have a mini audit at work tomorrow so I'm gonna need a good workout and some good sleep.

Rhaeven~ I get the feeling you are a very patient person. Kudos to you for helping out your family, we don't see enough of that in the world anymore. I was actually talking about that with my mom today. Families move further and further away when kids grow up, making the small world feel huge right. But we have all this awesome technology that allows us to communicate in a variety of ways across those miles, yet that communication within the family unit is still decreasing. Ya know, there's just not that closeness that was family a century ago, even 50 years ago. Anyway, yea, rambling ~

We been going swimming a lot. The pool we go to makes the kids take a break every hour for sunscreen and drinks and stuff. I been going in the deep end and treading water while I don't have kids crawling on me. I made it through the whole break ~ 10 minutes ~ and really feel like I coulda gone alot longer. So that's my success this week~
I am doing horrible at getting to bed before 1am though. Just can't help it, that's who I am I guess. NO, I'll work through it eventually. When I'm all done with school in a year and a half maybe...

Well, this post is getting crazy, so I'm gonna post and go lol.

Wow...I cannot believe its Saturday already! The weekend (ok my ONLY day off) has gone by way too fast. Hope everyone is having a good and not too hot weekend. I'm roasting, its like 92-94 and my kids left the back door open while I was out running around...no fun.

@MamaDaisy..I don't know if I'm patient or just plain stupid. lol I LOVE my family but there comes a time when its just too much work and stress to have them in my very small, already over-crowded apartment. But...thats what we do for family I guess.

Well, I'm off to clean the house some and make dinner..then to swim like a mad woman to make up for the lack of hours I've missed walking this week... I've got a VERY overweight friend and she doesn't walk fast or long...

Have a wonderful weekend!!!