*closed group* Flab to Fab 3, Part 2!

Got my first work out in last night in 5 days. Way too much slacking for me! Tonight is just bowling...last week of the season, finally, so I can do other stuff on Wednesdays now.

Anyone have a tasty low cal veggie dip recipe? I just volunteered to bring a veggie tray to my brother's house on Sunday for Mother's day, and at least 3 of the people there are watching their calories. :-)

Here is a dip that I love. It is great with pretty much anything.

1 cup fat free greek yogurt (plain)
1 cup fat free mayo
1 can tiny shrimp (I use bumblebee- I think they are 5 oz cans)
1 medium onion chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp dried dill weed (or to taste, i usually use more)

Just mix everything in a bowl, refrigerate for at least an hour before eating (I usually make it the night before and refrigerate overnight).

Here is how I am doing on goals so far this week:
-12 cups of water daily

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> So far so good!!
-Under on cals daily

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> Over on Monday, good Tues/Wed
-Reduce sugar in take (compared to last week) --need to folow up
-Reduce sodium in take (compared to last week) ---need to follow up
-Evaluate diet as whole from last 2-3 weeks to identify opportunities ---still to do
-workouts: 3 weekday workouts, 1 weekend -- 1 weekday workout in yesterday

Week Challenge:
-20 Miles - Run/walk/bike/elliptical --- Day 1 (wed): 4.78 (home elliptical, the distance is questionable to me but thats what it said lol
-100 Squats - Do on bosu when @ Gym --- Day 1 (Wed) 25 squats
-25 real pushups (Day 1(wed) 5 pushups - not going all the way down still weak
-Try that one machine at the gym where you push your hips out, and in lol I don't know the name but you know what I'm talking about!! -- will do Saturday!

I'm also doing good on pop, had some Monday but none tuesday/wednesday. Anddd we went grocery shopping (me and my BF) last night and I have meals planned which should really help with the rest of the week

I like to dip my veggies in guacamole or hummus OR I know Dean's makes a light french onion dip that is decent!!

I lovvvveeee dipping in Guacamole! and you know who has my favorie restaurant guacamole in the world??? J.Alexanders! its the best I need to learn how to make it homemade hopefully its not too hard

I get to have my first appointment with our fitness director today. I'm excited. I wasn't supposed to meet with her until Monday, but when I looked earlier this week, someone cancelled, and I snuck in and took it. :-) She is going to be hard to schedule with for a while I think, as people are going to try her out and see how they like it. Many more of the females in my office are tryng her out, since they weren't comfortable with our old director. It's almost a race to get an appointment when the days open up.

Hopefully today is a better food day for me. Two servings of Fries yesterday (lunch and then dinner) was not a good thing. Lunch won't include them for sure, and I will hopefully not fall off the wagon and have some at dinner (we are probably going out since we need to do a big Target shopping trip tonight).

I'll report back on if I like how the new director does things, I'm pretty sure I will based on what I heard from my co-worker yesterday.

Oh and I think I'm going to do the hummous and maybe the low fat Dean's for Sunday. I hate making stuff. LOL :ohwell:

Just about here: 23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year

I have lost a sperm whale's brain. heheh.. sounds kind of funny :-)

I lost a sperm whale's brain too! hehe, so funny!

Lorraine- girl, you look AMAZING. So awesome about all of your compliments...
keep it up!!! You're so, So inspiring!!!

Goals for this week Mon - Fri:

1. Back on track with food
2. Drink at least 12 cups water each day
3. Run/Gym/Walk/Weights everyday
4. Burn 3500 calories
5. Run/walk 20 miles
6. Feel great for my birthday!

1. Definitely back on track with food today and it felt great!
2.12 cups water drank today
3. Run/Walk/Weights today
4. Burned 2469/3500 so far
5. Ran/Walked 19.1/20 miles so far! (Had veryyy long walk today!)
6. It's looking like Im going to be on top form for my birthday! Feeling great already!

Goals for this week Mon - Fri:

1. Back on track with food = YES
2. Drink at least 12 cups water each day = YES
3. Run/Gym/Walk/Weights everyday = YES
4. Burn 3500 calories = 3628/3500 calories (Woohoo!)
5. Run/walk 20 miles = 25.3/20 miles (Woohoo!)
6. And I can't wait for my birthday weekend!

So Ive done well this week so far, exceeded my calories burned and weekly mile challenge and its only Thursday Yay!
Im looking forward to weigh in tomorrow...surely Ive lost some of the holiday weight with all this good behavior since Ive been back! Fingers crossed. It would be a nice little birthday pressie for myself!

Even though its my birthday weekend I plan on sticking to the weekend pact to the best of my ability. Ive got food for the party tomorrow night and I know its not the healthiest food (cocktail sausages, potato wedges, chicken wings...its what people eat at parties isn't it?!) but I plan on eating my own food as normal tomorrow so that I'll be too full to snack on all the bad stuff by the time people start to arrive to the house. I will of course be drinking alcohol but Im going to alternate with glasses of water. I have made room in my food diary for alcohol and maybe a nibble or two and Im going for a big workout tomorrow morning so there should be no reason for me to go over calories tomorrow. Fingers crossed I can stay on track Saturday as I will be staying in my boyfriends house therefore will have to improvise with food and hopefully I wont have a hangover to deal with...I don't usually get them but it is birthday weekend! Sunday should be ok as I'll be at home cos my boyfriend works Sundays. So that's my weekend in a nutshell! Im going to try my best to make this a good weekend foodwise despite the celebrations (Can you tell I love celebrating my birthday?! haha you'd swear I was getting married by the way Im talking about it!)

Anyhoo enough about my rambling! Best of luck to everyone with the weigh in tomorrow morning! Hope you all got a good last chance workout in today!

Well, I might have to do some backing out of the challenge as I managed to break my ankle (well, the fibula right over the ankle and the outside bone of my left foot while working out today with the trainer. My weigh-INS won't be accurate with this hard splint on my foot.

The good thing is I'm getting a ton of exercise using the crutches!

Oh my gosh! Sorry to hear all you ladies are so under the weather and injured! Hope the ankle heals soon enough Lori, I had operations on my foot years ago and I know what a pain in the *kitten* crutches can be for a long period of time! So, well wishes coming your way! :flowerforyou:

And @cupcakelover, sorry to hear you are unwell. A week is a long time to be sick, hope you start feeling better soon.xxx

Dani, best of luck on the weekend pact. I hope you manage to 'survive' as best you can! Just focus all your willpower on making healthy choices at the restaurants. Take your time and order wisely Best of luck!

Happy to report that I've gotten rid of my holiday weight already Back down to 150.8lbs this morning. Whoop! Time to party!!!

Good luck ladies!

Just posting my stats for easy reading:

F2F Goal: 140lbs

Week 0: 156lbs
Week 1: 155.8lbs
Week 2: 157.4lbs (TOM)
Week 3: 151lbs
Week 4: 150lbs
Week 5: 150lbs

Happy Friday Everyone...!

Unfortunately I'm up 2 lbs this week (145)...boo!

I started P90X and I think my body is a bit confused right now, which will turn out to be a good thing. I expect good numbers for next week!

Congratulations for everyone's losses, keep working hard, it's all worth it!

cheers ~ Jackie

I love that list of what you've lost. I'm somehwere between a human head and chemical additives an American consumes each year. YIKES.

Lori - I feel so bad you broke your ankle. I hope you get good news from the ortho. Thank goodness it's your fibula though...it's so small that it will heal faster! I'm here if you need anything! Love you! xoxo

Kerri - here be my weight. LOL

4/1 135.5
4/8 128
4/15 132.6
4/22 132.6
4/29 131
5/6 131.4 (God love TOM!! Jerk.)

Kinda bummed that my biggest loss was around my boobs haha :laugh: But I imagine that is partly because my milk is still leaving since I couldn't breastfeed Lukas. Glad there was losses most places! The gain in my thighs has got to be muscle :bigsmile:

I had the same issue... I went from a 38D when I was breatfeeding (well pumping) to now a 34C or sometimes B......so sad. The girls will never look the same....maybe I need to do more pushups!

I'm up too 287.4 Must stop slacking! My nutritionist suggested I wear a pedometer to see how many steps I take daily, setting a goal to get to 10000! I think I'm at 800 per day. Hopefully it'll be a nice night for a walk!

Have a great weekend ladies!