Week 3, "H20" Lose 20 Pounds by Halloween Challenge.

138 this morning!

Bru congrats on being down, and have fun at all of the birthday parties!

Flotus, damn girl! Look at you go! You're already on the downhill side of the 20 pound challenge!! By next week you'll have earned your mini goal mani/pedi!

urmyeffinstar - well done! Keep going!

Emily, HELLS YEAH!! A killer loss AND you're in the 190's! This is a great day for you. Congratulations!!



Uh so yeah the walking and sniffing of candles at the mall yesterday evening didn't happen. Apparently it was nap time in our household as everyone knocked out for three hours. :laugh: Still managed to do some crunches and planks for the challenge I'm doing. We tried taking the dogs for a walk, but our 6 month old German Shepherd Dog is not good on a leash still and we had to go home. He has this strange reaction to other dogs when there isn't some kind of barrier between 'em (i.e. a fence). I know it is excitement, but it is not OK. *sigh*

Today there will for sure be some walking around and plenty of on-our-feet time.

Hey Bru, can you send that soggy weather out to California? We'd had a couple days of GORGEOUS overcast and cool weather but the sun is back out (dammit).

Wow I'm glad I brought it up then! I'd love to hear what you think.

When he sees another dog, whether in close quarters like in the same room, or across the street, he starts doing a yelpy bark and his tail goes a little down. Now when I say his tail goes a little down, you have to realize that he has a VERY non-standard German Shepherd Dog tail. It is completely curled up to his hind quarters like a Basengi. The yelpy bark is actually kind of a whine, and he really tugs at the leash, like he is DESPERATE to go see the other dog. But when I've had this happen in close quarters (at the vet), he reacts in a more skitterish way - can't stand still and rears up and tends to back up into me. He's a freakin' strong dog and it is hard for me to control his strength.

I know he is a smart dog (he learned where the treats live at the vet after seeing the tech take them out of the drawer one time) and is VERY sweet and loving when he is home. He lives with two cats and a Lhasa Apso, so it isn't like he's not capable of being around other dogs. And he is also friendly with the dog who lives next door - but they only visit via poking their noses through the chain-link fence. But none of the freak out reaction.

weigh in friday for me.
doing better -more walking.

week 2: 323
week 3: 319.2

I'm so happy to see how well everyone is doing!! I went to lunch with a friend today and did suprisingly well! LOL
I did PART of the 30 day shred last night, It's been so long since I've even tried to do it. I thought I was gonna die!!!! LOL
So I'm hoping by Monday I'll be able to do the entire workout because I actually want to do it for a complete 30 days!
Can't wait to see everyones halloween pics!

our 6 month old German Shepherd Dog is not good on a leash still and we had to go home. He has this strange reaction to other dogs when there isn't some kind of barrier between 'em (i.e. a fence). I know it is excitement, but it is not OK. *sigh*

This sounds like my two hellions. My little one (daschund/beagle cross) was great with dogs until a 120lb black lab sat on her....Depending on who I've told that to, they tell me that she doesn't remember but she DOES. She is the alpha dog in the house and my big guy (he's a 60 lb lab cross) follows suit. When he's on his own, his tail wags and he is excited but not to the extreme. When we walk them both together, they star making that whiny whiny noise and her tail wags, his drops down. If we bring them close she tries to attack and, if we only bring him over, he makes friends. It's weird, but mostly embarassing. Imagine dragging two dogs down the street that are going bananas just because someone else is going for a walk....We've found the command "Walk away" seems to work well for us. Our next door neighbours have two American bulldogs and between the 4, we have a pretty decimated fence, but with Walk away, our side drops what they are doing and comes back over to us.

I actually brought my dogs with my parents dogs to the dog park on Sunday and I knew that getting them out and off leash was going to be a challenge (once off leash, they are fine). My dogs got out of the car, almost pulled me over and then went back into the car. I won't mention that I didn't want to let go of their leashes until they were fully secure so crawled into the back of the minivan with them (my parents have the trunk caged off for the dogs). I got stuck for an hour until my sister came back and got me.

Point is.....training is going to be your only friend. Getting your dog leash socialized is good too. I have to take my guys to this lady in town that is apparently brilliant with these kinds of cases..... just haven't had time.....LOL

Good Morning, this is my first week joining. My weigh in day is tomorrow,.
Any tips on working the mid section and upper body will greatly be appreciated.
Have a wonderful weekend!

TOM has come for a visit, and I'm up a few random pounds
I was 214.8 last week and today I'm 216.6....so I'm hoping that will go away when TOM does.

3rd weigh in since starting the H20 Challenge and was down another 1.6 lbs!

Starting Halloween Challenge: 216.8

1st Weigh In [31/08/10]: 215 = 1.8 Loss
2nd Weigh In [05/09/10]: 213.4 = 1.6 Loss
Current [12/09/10]: 211.8 = 1.6 Loss , 5 lbs total loss since starting H20!

Goal: 196.8 [15 Pounds To Go!!] :flowerforyou:

Hi everyone. had surgery and was a bit out of it for a bit there,,,

Starting weight for this was 193
Current weight is 186.2

Good luck everyone!

Went to my in laws clubhouse this weekend and had a ton of fun. Mostly told stories (and drank QUITE a lot) last night! Got to spend some time with my nephew Oliver All around great family weekend, just not food wise and really not exercise wise which is fine with me

So, compliment of the weekend (and possibly month!) my father in law, who was one of my facebook friends *****ing about my posting exercises and such a month or so ago (some of you may remember that..), well, he saw me for the first time in QUITE awhile this weekend and when we got to their clubhouse, and walked on the deck, his first words were 'Wow, Amy, you look like your 18 again!' Such an AMAZING feeling!

So, compliment of the weekend (and possibly month!) my father in law, who was one of my facebook friends *****ing about my posting exercises and such a month or so ago (some of you may remember that..), well, he saw me for the first time in QUITE awhile this weekend and when we got to their clubhouse, and walked on the deck, his first words were 'Wow, Amy, you look like your 18 again!' Such an AMAZING feeling!

WTG!!! That right there is the best kind of motivation that what you're doing is working. I'm so happy for you girly!!!

Weighed yesterday...forgot to post. Actually up 0.2 lb...TOM is here. Damn!