PART 2 January 3-month Challenge, to start on 1/7/2011 from

I hope everyone has a great week!! Only a couple more weigh-in's! I'm not ready for this to be over! I am definitely thinking a follow up "challenge" is necessary! ANYONE WITH ME!?

I'm IN!!! I don't want this to stop! Gotta have peeps to keep me accountable!!! Plus this way I think we might have some other goals too...for me...I'm close to my weight goal so I'd like to work towards some running goals (now that the weather is warming up...maybe) and toning goals!!!

LOL, you crack me up Andrea! I'm glad you let loose though!! You deserve it. I'm the same way... ALL or NOTHING when I go out, sometimes it's scary, lol! I don't plan on letting crazy Kerri outta the bag until April 8th (Tigers Opening Day) so I will be a good girl until then.

I had a great weekend (for me) especially compared to last weekend. I was so disappointed to see a 2.2 # gain on Friday that I made this weekend all about me (in a healthy way)... I went to the gym Friday, Saturday and ran at home Sunday. I burned 1000+ calories each day. I ate less than 1600 calories a day. I cooked the beau and I some healthy foods. My new favorite thing to do is stop at McD's or Wendy's and get 2 side salads and eat that with some meat. I'm really trying to cut down on the carbs. I cancelled the Corktown 5K yesterday because I'm getting mentally prepped for the 13.1 this coming Sunday. My goals for the week have changed to where I only want to burn 500 calories and stay under my 1400 cals. I am really hoping Friday goes well for me!! I hope everyone has a great week!! Only a couple more weigh-in's! I'm not ready for this to be over! I am definitely thinking a follow up "challenge" is necessary! ANYONE WITH ME!?

WE CAN BE THE FUN FRIDAY CLUB!!! LOL

Only a couple more weigh-in's! I'm not ready for this to be over! I am definitely thinking a follow up "challenge" is necessary! ANYONE WITH ME!?

YES! I am just starting to figure out what I need to do to lose the weight. This challenge has made me be so much more accountable than I would have been without it. I will totally be in for another challenge!

Todays mini goals
1) burned 387 cals today (387/2000 for the week)
2) Way under on sodium (by ~800 mg)
3) Under on overall cals
4) as long as I finish this last bottle of water I will be at 72 oz for the day!

Today was a good day. I felt like I had a renewed energy. Hopefully it lasts. Tomorrow, my exercise is scheduled into my day. I start a new class "rolling strollers". It is an exercise class designed around exercising with your baby and your stroller. Probably not "high impact" but it is exciting to find different ways to burn calories. Then tomorrow night I am starting mommy and me swim classes with my 6 month old. I know that won't be a killer burn but combined I am in for a decent day in the calorie burn world!

This weeks goals:

1) Drink 100 oz. of water a day (I have TON to make up for)
2) Workout Monday-Saturday
3) Eat healthy and get between 1000-1200 Net calories a day
4) get back to 127.6 by Friday's weigh in!!!!!

Yesterday's results:
1) drank lots of water...definitely over my 100 oz.
2) Completed a workout--Insanity Max Interval Plyo
3) Ate semi-healthy (had a naughty snack while I watched The Bachelor finale) but still ended with 1005 Net calories
4) starting to see some loss on the scale from what Sunday showed...YIKES!

Well I fell off the wagon over the weekend for sure, actually I think I fell off the face of the earth lol. I've been struggling with a lot of stuff lately but it's time to let go and get back on track. Spring break this week which means the only thing I have to worry about is work and doing a spring cleaning on my mess of an apartment. I haven't logged food in a few days because I sat on the couch all weekend grazing on junk food and candy, which explains my 2 lb gain over the weekend :frown: But I'm going to exercise this week so I'm hoping I'll be back down to my original weight by the weigh-in. Little late but mini challenge for this week:

1) Exercise Tuesday - Friday (burn 400+ cal each day)
2) Drink AT LEAST 80 oz of water each day
3) Under 1500 mg sodium daily
4) Log all my food for this week, NO EXCUSES
5) No buying frozen lunches this week, I want to prepare all my meals
6) Wake up at 6am daily (personal struggle for me to get up on time so this will be a hugh accomplishment)

I'm SO EXCITED about the sound of a follow up challenge. I've been in several challenges since I joined at the beginning of the year and this is the only one that has kept me accountable because no one is really committed in all the other ones. I love all of you ladies so much, you are such an inspiration to me!!!

I'd love to continue with the group after the challenge is over. I'm not doing really well, but I like the Friday weigh in. At least it gets me thinking to NOT eat the 'whatever' that I'd like to at that moment.

Goals:
1. 500 chair marches per day
2. 100 oz. of water daily
3. bike ride (even if it's short since I still can't breathe) 4x per week
4. keep sugars low (heard that on the belly fat diet keeping sugars 15-20g helps specifically with belly fat)

Good luck everyone!!!

Also.. I thought I'd post why I was able to lose 4+ lbs last week for anyone who is interested:

First - I am pretty sure some of that was just water weight. The week before I was menstruating and the week before that I was extremely stressed about a big exam I had, so I think I was retaining some water. I had gained the past 2 weeks and was due for a big weight loss.

Second - I have been focusing on keeping under my recommended sodium intake. I have a medical condition called a Vascular Malformation in my brain. Basically it's a cluster of blood cells that just randomly bleeds. I get extreme migraines (and I mean EXTREME). Medicine doesn't seem to work for me, so I mostly just control it by diet, exercise, sleep, etc. Sodium is one of the biggest triggers of my migraines, so I've really been focusing on it for that. But, I also think it has helped shed a lot of the water weight and some of the weight around the belly. My husband looked at me the other day and commented on how flat my stomach has become. I'm focusing on sodium again this week, and once again I am really starting to see some nice weight loss!

Third - I have been trying to build lean muscle mass. When I first started I was just focusing on cardio, trying to build up my stamina. Now that I've been at this for a few weeks, I've decided to start some light weight lifting exercises and do things like lunges/squats. I'm really noticing a difference in my arms, after only a few weeks of weight lifting I'm already starting to see some nice muscle definition and they don't look as flabby.

Anyway, I hope this helps anyone who is looking for a boost in their weight loss!

Today's mini challenge result:
1) under calories
2) under carbs
3) No chocolate candy - actually walked towards a candy jar AND backed away from it ... WUZA!

Took Zumba today, but it was quite challenging because I'm still hurting from yesterday's resistance training ... this too shall pass.

This weeks goals:

1) Drink 100 oz. of water a day (I have TON to make up for)
2) Workout Monday-Saturday
3) Eat healthy and get between 1000-1200 Net calories a day
4) get back to 127.6 by Friday's weigh in!!!!!

March 15 results:
1) drank 128 oz.
2) Did not workout Opted to spend time with the beau before he leaves for NYC until Monday!!
3) Ended with 999 Net calories
4) Doubting I'm going to make it back to 127.6 on Friday (

This weeks goals:

1) Drink 100 oz. of water a day (I have TON to make up for)
2) Workout Monday-Saturday
3) Eat healthy and get between 1000-1200 Net calories a day
4) get back to 127.6 by Friday's weigh in!!!!!

March 16 results:

1) drank 128 oz water
2) did insanity cardio core and balance in a.m. And played one game of vball (not high intensity tho )
3) only took in about 731 net calories
4) Still doubting I'm going to make it back to 127.6 on Friday (
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Today's mini challenge result:
1) under calories
2) under carbs
3) No chocolate candy - actually walked towards a candy jar AND backed away from it ... WUZA!

Took Zumba today, but it was quite challenging because I'm still hurting from yesterday's resistance training ... this too shall pass.

Wednesday's mini challenge result:
1) Stayed under calories
2) DID NOT stay under carbs
3) No chocolate candy

Wednesday was a challenging day food wise. I was prepared to take the hubby out on his bday and had already decided to what to order from the menus. Plans changed at the last minute though, friends came over and we had vegetarian enchiladas, salad and cake of course. I spent half the day preparing myself psychologically, only to have the plans change on me at the last minute. I did not make a big deal out of it because hubby was so happy. And oh yes, I TOM came over to visit yesterday and I wasn't myself at all. I swear to you, the older you get the worse the 'symptoms' become. Let' see how long 'TOMMY' is staying and how much damge will be done as a result of the visit. I am craving more carbs/sweets than usual and need to continue to control the 'monster inside' me ... stay away TOMMY ... enough writing. Enjoy your day ladies.

1) Exercise Tuesday - Friday (burn 400+ cal each day)
2) Drink AT LEAST 80 oz of water each day
3) Under 1500 mg sodium daily
4) Log all my food for this week, NO EXCUSES
5) No buying frozen lunches this week, I want to prepare all my meals
6) Wake up at 6am daily (personal struggle for me to get up on time so this will be a hugh accomplishment)

Yesterday was a success for me, still haven't gotten around to cleaning my apartment and the family is coming into town tomorrow so I'm not sure when I'll get to it but I'm learning to put my workouts and health first and not feel guilty about it :happy:

1) Burned 409 calories doing C25k, rowing, and strength
2) 88 oz of water
3) Over 1500mg sodium but still under 2000 so not too bad
4) Logged EVERYTHING
5) No prepackaged food (except my Kashi granola bar which I don't really count)
6) Woke up at 6:10 (this is what I'm most proud of, now if only I could say the same about today :indifferent: )


So I need opinions.

I'm trying to start incorporating strength training when I go to the gym. I still don't have a set workout schedule but I figure that the times I can get there I should go ahead and do both cardio and strength. Here's where I need help...I've just been using the machines for strength instead of free weights. Does it matter which I use? I've heard that free weight training works more muscles at once but since I'm still trying to get used to working out I kind of figure that something is better than nothing, even if i'm using the machines. What does everyone think???

Good Morning everyone and good luck this week!! Was sick most of the week just with a cold but still managed a loss. YAY!!:happy:

Three Month goal: 125-130lbs
Week 1 (1/7) - 144.1
Week 2 (1/14) -140.5
Week 3 (1/21) - 139.7
Week 4 (1/28) - 141.1
Week 5 (2/4) - 138.8
Week 6 (2/11) -138.6
Week 7 (2/18) - 138.8
Week 8 (2/25) - 138.1
Week 9 (3/4) - 138.1
Week 10 (3/11 )- 138.8
Week 11 (3/18) - 136.4
Week 12 and the END (3/25) (MEXICO TODAY!!)


ONLY 7 MORE SLEEPS TILL MEXICO!!