200+ Slimmin' Down in Spring!

Kerry: How exciting about a new-to-you car! That's soooo cool!!!

Marian: Hi there! Way to go with your 6 pounds lost, that's awesome!

Kristina: I love crushed red pepper. Thanks for putting the recipe in the database (that part is just a pain). Yay! for a skinny caramel machiato - yum!

Kendal: There is little difference between table salt, kosher salt and sea salt. The texture is the main difference. read here for more info http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/kosher-vs-table-vs-sea-salts/index.html FYI: I prefer sea salt but I think it's a personal preference thing.

I inhaled almost an entire head of organic broccoli at dinner tonight. It was just so freaking tasty. Gabe raised his eyebrows at the pile of broccoli on my plate and I said, "Hey, it isn't mashed potatoes - don't judge me!" We also made a yummy kiwi lemonade with fresh lemons and kiwis with a little agave nectar and water. It was sooooo tasty. I love my juicer!!!!

You gals win over paperwork!!! My crazy lady client canceled today so I have a 50 min break at home!!! I'm super tired today. Stress (from work and taxes) is interfering with my sleep. Sighs.. I've actually missed 2 days of working out. I may walk on the treadmill tonight. My eating has been so-so. The weatherman is wrong - he said 3 to 5 inches and we've already gotten 3. The roads are getting slick - Boo, Hiss. Where is spring? Time is flying by too quickly - I can't believe that I missed yesterday being Fat Tuesday. At least I didn't have a punchki (?sp)

Kristina - I'm going to try the Lentil Soup this weekend. WTG on the running. Hills suck!!! Self confidence girl - I'm sending some over because you are a great runner!!! I'd know since you flew by me in our last 1/2...

Amy - hope the headache goes away. I'm so proud of you for sticking with the P90X!!!

Drea - What is your average calorie intake. Are you set to lose 1 or 2 pounds a week? I find I did better with 1 pound loss and eating 1/2 my exercise calories. Are you taking measurements? Muscle takes up less space than fat so you could be losing inches and gaining some weight. Did you eat salty food or do new intense workout the day before you weighed - these can also lead to being a pound up. I weigh everyday (*blushes*) but only record the Friday weight. It's normal to go up and down a few pounds everyday. You're okay as long as the overall trend is downward. PS - good luck on the exams!!!

kmturtle - ooohhhh - a new SUV!!! AWESOME...

suzie - good luck on the interview!!! Cyber prayers headed your way that you get the job...

van - welcome to the group:flowerforyou:

sarah - SWEET:drinker: Here's a water toast (*well we could make it virtual champange*) to dropping your BMI!!!

Kendal - sorry - should have told you about the secret sport bra workout plan (*winks*). If there's no company here, I often workout in skivies. Why add to the laundry pile and DH likes to watch the girls bounce... Have you tried sending Carolyn a message on MFP? I haven't heard from here in ages.

marian - you signed up to run a whole marathon - WOWSA. I'm content with 1/2 marathons. The training for the 1/2 last summer took too much time (*I run at a turtles pace - training at 14 to 15 min miles*)... Which marathon are you doing? How far are you running now?

wichelle - hope that back is feeling better. Back pain is hard to deal with.

Lacey - I too want to know what the sun looks like... okay - I need an explanation on the new pic...

Noelle - we need to find ways to destress and avoid the over eating. Any ideas???

Kim and Amber - hope all is well!!!

Sorry if I missed anyone. I went back through the last 2 days of posts - Congrats and Thanks to everyone for being so active!!! It's nice to see the group get bigger. I now have 5 min to get out the door and on with my day. Happy Hump Day!!!

Hiya all!

I just ate the most delicious avocado curry. I am pretty sure it was yellow curry sauce with avocado pureed into it. YUMMO. And a glass of wine. SO now I'm sitting at my desk praying that food and booze digest well enough that I can get my work out in. I want to do another good work out so I am shaky tonight like I did Monday.

Bethany - I miss college so much!

Victoria - my daughter loves Star Wars and Princesses...so she makes Darth Vader ride the pretty sparkly princess ponies. I find it fitting.

Drea - I too have the same things happen with the scale and it totally blows. I can be perfect for weeks and the scale will increase in number. I try to remember that my clothes are looser but it is HARD not to get discouraged.

Amy - I can eat broccoli like that too. And cauliflower. I know that people can get major caffiene headaches when they stop drinking it. Even if its a cup.

kmturtle - yeah for a new car!

Kendal - I have about five or seven different kinds of salt in my cupboard. I'm not sure what makes kosher salt kosher...I assume its the way it is processed for the Jewish community. I find that I can tell a vast difference in plain table salt and a good sea salt to where I don't mess with table salt anymore.

just want to share with you all ..

i have lost .5 in off my neck, 3in off waist, 1.5in off hips with in the last few months .... with a total of 6in on waist and 5in off hips over the last year!!! Feels Good:bigsmile:

Kristina and Victoria, you guys are running superstars. So awesome. Kristina, I can't believe you are going to train for the 1/2 marathon and do insanity. That is, ahem, INSANE. And very impressive.

Kendall, the more you talk about p90x, the less I want to try it. Maybe you can tell me that its super fun and awesome and you feel like She-ra again. I'm still rocking 30 day shred for another 2 weeks or so, and then we'll see. I still don't have p90x, but really want to try it.

Amy, how did I miss that you live in Germany? Where abouts are you? I spent about 6 weeks gallavanting around mostly Eastern Germany between my junior and senior year of highschool with a choir that I was in. I can't imagine trying to eat right with all that amazing bread and meat and cheese at your disposal all the time! And that Lindt bar sounda amazing... plus it was dark chocolate, so at least you were getting some antioxidants or something, right? :bigsmile:

I have decided that I hate all workouts involoving plank pose... plank jacks, side twists in plank, you name it... consider my butt kicked. Kendall I agree with you - upper body strength is not my strong suit and I don't think my arms appreciate trying to hold the rest of my chubby self up. GRR.

I'm thinking about planting a garden this year... I have a massive side yard since we are on a corner lot, so I have plenty of space for one, but I know nothing about it. Which is kind of ridiculous because I work at Home Depot. The thought of just walking outside to get all the veggies I could want is really appealing though.

Kerry- I complain about P90X but its working really well for me. I ended up taking 2 weeks off from exercising cause I was sick, so it took me 6 weeks to do the first 4 weeks of the program, but I still lost 1.5" off my waist and hip and an inch off my belly. I just started my 2nd month so the routine switches up and I'm doing a workout that I've never done before. I will probably continue to complain about it, but I will do my best because I know the program works.

And as far as gardening, I'm going to plant a wildflower garden this weekend! The weather will finally be nice enough and I think its close enough to spring for it not to die on me. I looked at the seed packages of tomatoes and vegetables. Most of them said I needed to start by planting them in a container inside and then transplanting them outside. :indifferent: No thanks. I might try to throw the seeds outside and see if they grow anyway lol.

Kristina and Victoria- I think a lot of us older group members saw our lowest weight a while ago and have since put on a few pounds and then maintained that general number. Its quite frustrating but you aren't alone.

I'm back on the dating scene. well, its a dating website lol. the attention is very nice but I'm taking it slow. (high standards but low expectations) would it be weird if I created a spreadsheet to keep track of all the mens and their stats/qualities? lol I can be very forgetful.

Hola all!

Kendal and Kristina - way to go on the hardcore work outs. As Amy has said, sometimes the scale doesn't move but your clothes do and that is as great or better really!!

Amy - I would have never thought about a helmet either!!

Kerry - anything core like that is suck. But those planks, they will get you into shape faster than anything. About 8 years ago and 20 lbs lighter I had a personal trainer before my wedding and basically all he had me do is core exercises. I slimmed down so fast it wasn't funny.

Victoria - good job on the run!!

Well for myself, I went to the gym after all last night and had a great work out. I did more HIIT run/walking for 20 minutes at the beginning and am slowly picking up the pace and the length of time I'm running. Its interesting. I can feel that precipice where my heart is pounding and I'm breathing heavy and that I just need to push through that wall but I keep backing off. At that precipice I also get that break through feeling like I can keep running forever and then I look down at the treadmill to see how long I've been doing it or at my HR and then I freak a bit at the breathing and slow down. I think I need to start covering that up and just flat out make myself not look. It is HARD though to not look lol!
I managed to keep my heart rate up the whole time and got a great calorie burn out of it too. One thing however, the 5:30 class instructor was a bit *****y to me thus forever making me not want to take a class from her overly tanned skinny fake blonde *kitten*. Sigh. That is the first time since I've been there where everyone hasn't been sweet as peaches to me.