Calling All Non-Moms Again!

Good morning nom noms...I tried Zumba last night for the first time...I'd have to say it was pretty darn fun:bigsmile: I had a hard time figuring out the steps at first...but then i just rocked out! I got the giggles pretty bad while i bounced around in the basement, but it was really good...The DVD's came with a program so I'll start "day 2" today...good luck on your goals my friends!

I've had my Zumba DVD's for a little over 2 weeks now & I still feel silly bouncing around with them .

Good morning nom noms...I tried Zumba last night for the first time...I'd have to say it was pretty darn fun:bigsmile: I had a hard time figuring out the steps at first...but then i just rocked out! I got the giggles pretty bad while i bounced around in the basement, but it was really good...The DVD's came with a program so I'll start "day 2" today...good luck on your goals my friends!

What's Zumba?

it's latin dancing cardio...tiny little women teach you how to shake your bon bon...but i sure did burn 804 calories in 63 minutes...so hell yeah i'll do it...it's actually pretty fun learning how to salsa and stuff. google it

Hi all! Thanks for all your check-ins. I'm behind, though, and probably won't get to post an update until next week. Unless I can do it over the weekend. *shrug*

It's been a helluva day at work...

I'm new to this thread and kind of confused as to what it's about. Is this just a thread for women who aren't pregnant? Or who don't have kids?

I'm new to this thread and kind of confused as to what it's about. Is this just a thread for women who aren't pregnant? Or who don't have kids?

It's a thread for women who have only themselves to blame for being overweight. We don't have baby weight to lose, however; there are women here who are trying to conceive and I'm not sure if she still comes to the thread, but there's one woman who has kids, but they're much older and she can't blame them. It's just a support group for women who are trying to learn to eat for one. Welcome.

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I know I already did this, but my weigh-in was yesterday and I'm down to 162 from 164 the previous Friday. The whole Wed. thing is throwing me off and I'm really not sure when to check in! Anyway, my Thursday check-in is still correct, it just doesn't have my weight with it.

I'm new to this thread and kind of confused as to what it's about. Is this just a thread for women who aren't pregnant? Or who don't have kids?

It's a thread for women who have only themselves to blame for being overweight. We don't have baby weight to lose, however; there are women here who are trying to conceive and I'm not sure if she still comes to the thread, but there's one woman who has kids, but they're much older and she can't blame them. It's just a support group for women who are trying to learn to eat for one. Welcome.

OH sweet! That sounds good. I don't have kids and don't know if I ever will. lol I hope so, but I'm getting older every year and am starting to wonder if it will ever happen. But...On the plus size, it's probably a lot easier to lose weight when you don't have kids with sweets around. hahah

Rynatat, good job maintaining. It's definitely a good idea to break out the measuring tape! You just never know what you'll find. StacySkinny, I sort of stalked your profile page (sorry!) and you are doing really well! Good job. rdh27, welcome! I love seeing newbie noms! Chanstriste, seriously, I fear for my furniture and my life in the event that I do try Zumba. I actually walk into doors. My knees are always bruised and I'm not even sure what I do to bruise them!

This is sort of the beginning of my husband's birthday week, so I am going to make his favorite meals all week. I let him choose what he'd like to learn to make tonight and he said chilli, so we're having that instead of fish. I was shocked, really, but I like teaching him to cook so far, and I love chilli, plus my chilli is very healthy and full of veggies, so this is going to be fun! Then we'll have Toad in the Hole (not so healthy but I've done it before and I just have a smaller serving, plus a salad and some other veggies and I survive just fine) enchiladas, as they are his favorite (and I promise I will put the frickin recipe up this week! Jeez.) and maybe homemade pizza. Then, Friday, we're going out to eat (probably to Gourmet Burger Kitchen, God help me) and Saturday, our old roommate is coming over so they can play some American war game on the Xbox. I don't really know anything about it, but it's been requested that I make curry. Plus, his parents are coming home this week (sigh) so it's going to be a hectic week, but I'll be planning it all out tonight and I will stay under my calorie goal. I want so badly to break into the 150s, so wish me luck, ladies!

P.S. To any newbies, if you have goals for December, let us know so we can add you to our list!

I just started this week and I am very excited to see all the wonderful support that is offered here at MFP. I'm sure as you all know, it's hard to do this alone. With this forum, I am very inspired about this program. I have done quite a few weight loss programs in the past, lost the weight, gained it back, and without a lot of support. I am very hopeful this time around and feel very confident about my choice to use MFP. :-))

Glad you're here with us :flowerforyou:

I just got back from a Christmas concert that had a bunch of cookies and other sweets. I wanted to avoid the whole dessert area altogether but my in-laws wanted to go get some. So I stood by the tables, watching everyone eating yummy stuff and I didn't have a single bite or even nibble.

Where's the roo? Haven't heard from you since we were comparing thighs! Lol, how's life? How's the elliptical?

Awww, hi! Sorry, busy weekend. Friday I had a trying to conceive meltdown. Then I spent all day Saturday trying to get our house clean and didn't ever get online. Yesterday, we spent the day at my father-in-law's for his 55th birthday. Not much exercise in there except for walking up and down stairs and vacuuming. I don't even want to know how many calories were in the chocolate cake I had yesterday. It was utterly ridiculous, but particularly yummy.

The elliptical is good, though neglected since last Wednesday. I will pay more attention to her tonight.

Now I need to catch up on posts.

Weighed in this morning 2 pounds lighter than I was on Friday. Guess I burned a lot of calories cutting and splitting wood!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Way to go, Chantriste! I saw your other post. That's very exciting. I think I might drop dead if I ran for 11 minutes solid. :laugh:

I'm feeling better. Unregulated hormones are such fun after 12 years on birth control pills. :noway:

Roo, I'm so sorry! I hope it gets better for you. I seriously cannot imagine...

Chanstriste (What does your name mean?) big congratulations on that run! I and my measly five minutes envy your eleven! Great job, WA_Teacher and meanness on your losses. Gillian, good plan. If only I could keep myself off the scales.

Well, I have signed up for a 5k at the end of Jan, which will be right after I finish my c25k. I might speed it up and stop taking the entire weekend off of C25k (I just do weights) in January so that I can work on speed for a week before the 5k. My only real goal for the thing is to not finish last. I looked at the last race's results and there is no way a beginner will be able to beat those times! So, if I can just not be last, I'll be happy with myself. It was only 18 pounds to sign up and finishers get t-shirts and goody bags from sponsors, so I think it will at least even out. I'm really excited about it! It's very close to where we live and my husband seems to be happy to watch me.

We saw my bridesmaids on Saturday and they were all compliments about my weight-loss (I've lost about 28 pounds since the wedding in August) but the skinny one started to get insecure after a while and I was getting really embarrassed. Isn't it weird how people refuse to believe that counting calories and exercising can work? My husband was more pleased with the compliments I was getting than I was. It was a good time anyway, and I managed to avoid all the bad starters, except for a little bit of bread, and no dessert, just my grilled chicken sandwich with feta and tomato, and a side salad.

I'm having some problems with dairy lately and need to find a good replacement for my coffee and also for calcium. Non-dairy creamers are not as prevalent over here, so I'm not sure what I'll do. I guess I can try soy milk, but bleh, I don't like it in coffee. I don't mind drinking it on its own, but I like a bit of creaminess, ya know? Anyone had similar issues and what did you use for coffee/calcium? I don't know if I'll make it without my yogurt, but I was getting some really bad pains in my stomach and I figured it must be the dairy because I've had this problem before and it was happening just after my coffee.