200+ Summer Meltdown!

have any of you ever looked up a warrior dash? I kinda want to do one, but I'm no where in shape for it. Plus I don't have anyone to do it with me.

have any of you ever looked up a warrior dash? I kinda want to do one, but I'm no where in shape for it. Plus I don't have anyone to do it with me.

I REALLY want to do the one up in Hillsboro in September... REALLY WANT TO DO IT. I want to dress like a Viking chick and wear the free furry viking hat and get muddy and drink my huge beer and eat my turkey leg afterwards.

A couple people at work and some in the Pac NW MFP group might pony up and do it this year. It looks SUPER fun.

I also hear that there are some walking parts because the trails are small and people can back up.

I weighed in at 210lbs this AM....That is 3.5lbs down from my weigh in last Monday. Wooohooo!!! ...but unfortunately 210 is the same weight from the day when i joined up for this challenge. So I'm at zero for the challenge. Just gotta work extra hard this week! One my my new goals for this challenge is to hit Onederland. fingerscrossed lol.


Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in the STL area. After a weekend of pretty much nonstop rain, I decided to get out of the house with the kids. We spent over 3 hours walking around the zoo today. So much fun and some good movement/exercise for the day.


Gotta get some dinner prepped for the kiddos. Will catch up on news for the day later tonight!

Jenn-Good job working on keeping the calories in check. The good thing about the sugars is that they were natural sugars from fruit. I'm sure you still did really well!

Starting a new job is always stress. Glad to hear your hubby is excited about the future with the company and the fact that he is worrying about contributing means he will probably be a employee. Hope you guys get to enjoy some downtime together before he heads back to work.

Hello my sexy chicas:flowerforyou: Missed you lots:brokenheart:

Firstly welcome to the new comers. As I am sure you have found out.. these are an incredible set of girls with an incredible heart & a witty disposition... so they will keep you on your toes & laughing:laugh:

Kendal - I LOVE your pics. You are incredibly pretty & the photographer has done you great justice:drinker: YAY to your incredible weight loss:) Want to see more pics.

Kristina - you are doing sooo well.. I am ALWAYS inspired by your journey:) Have a blast in Colorado & your dating scene seems interesting

Amy - Great job adjusting your micro nutrients. It might still take a while to get it right...but deciding that you need to change things up & to what percentage I think is the biggest piece:) I love your dog stories... once I can move to a place with a backyard I am getting me a dog as well. I LOVE em

Laura - welcome. I love your pic with your adorable baby:) Looking forward to getting to know you better:) Great loss:)

Crystal - you are knocking the lbs off!!!! :drinker: I soo wish I could lose as much as you did. Amazing work. Just keep doing whatever you are as it is working for you:) I am glad you are looking to try Zumba - that is a fun class. Crystal I am sooo sorry you are going through this. All I can say is you deserve better & you have to take care of yourself & your daughter.Trust me you will survive & life will be better. At least you will have your pride & be happier. And finally you really cannot change another person... only decide if you can either work around the issue & make peace with it.. or choose otherwise. Just know we are all here rooting for you

Sarah - Calgary is sooo beautiful. Your trip sounds heavenly. Seems like you had a BLAST:)

Annette - YAY to rollerblading!!!! I sooo get you with that. I used to Rollerblade & can't wait to get a bit stronger & try my hand at it again. It is fun.. of course it would help if you knew how to stop or fall without hurting yourself. But you know with your attitude you will get it fast, You go girl:)

texastae1010 - amazing job deep cleaning the house. I always try to do a spot & maintain it.. so it never gets crazy... but I have a few spots that end up becoming catch all's as well & I need to clean that up. YAY to you for doing this. BTW.. you can always drop your lotions etc at a donation place.

Victoria - YAy for the new shoes:) So great to see your progressing so well with your running! You are becoming a full blown athlete Great work with bicycling.. I know you feel that was a slow start.. but bike a few times & you will be amazed how quickly you will be back at your last years speed.

Kerry - it is soo inspiring to see others take up something they see you being successful at! WAY TO GO:) Seems like you had an incredible weekend & hats off for getting back on track sooo soon:)

Haille -YAY for the prom having gone so well. I can't wait to see the pics:bigsmile:

Lacey - Hola babes:) How are you & how is life treating you?

osucristina - way to go with your weight loss:)

kingfisher16 - amazing loss:flowerforyou: I would take 2 lbs any day!!!

GonnaDoItJenn - way to go with school. What are you studying?

I tried catching up by going back 4 pages.. then got overwhelmed & skipped some... though tried to comment on almost everyone. If I have missed you I am sorry. just a LOT to catch up on.

As some of you know the last three weeks has been a crazy schedule for me... working full days with a seminars in the evenings & weekends!!!! i learnt a LOT, did not binge & tried to make the best choices I could.. but that is not saying much. I got two days of exercise in:sad: And by the end i was off kilter for sure.

I took Sunday to catch up on some zZZZZ's started eating & drinking better & got in a Bikram yoga session in today & feel soo invigorated. So good to be doing this as my body is getting more flexible & stronger every time I do bikram. Today I could do several postures much better & go deeper since my body has gotten stronger:drinker: Loveit.

Have not gained weight... but am not showing a loss.. so am passing this week & will shoot for next week weigh ins.

Wishing you all a GREAT week ahead, clean eating, drinking water & getting enough exercise in.

Suzie

Wow this post has MOVED in the past 8 hours! LOL. I will have to get on here tomorrow and post to everyone.

I logged all my cals today. Yeay me. I made salad rolls for dinner with shrimp and homemade peanut sauce. YUM.

I realized about ten minutes ago as I went to take my BMF off my leg that I didn't wear the effing thing again today. GOod grief. Well, I think I will start wearing it again on Sunday when I start P90X. Until then, its concentration on food and cal counting. I keep thinking about the arm versus the leg thing...and I wonder if I should just always wear it in one spot. I understand the variance I am gettin wearing it on my leg, but wonder if wearing it in one spot consistently is best versus wearing it on my arm to work when I can hide it well enough (yes I am self conscious of the thing, I can admit it) and on my leg the next day.


We were told about an hour ago that one of Jeffs cousins just had a baby thats been diagnosed with Smith Magenis Syndrome. We looked it up. All I can say is that I will be praying for that family tonight and for a long time. We are heart heavy here tonight.


I've got to watch the rest of Survivor to see who won. I was surprised to see that the finale was last night and only watched an hour of it.

Check in for Monday: 2797 calories burned/ 2170 calories consumed/ 627 calorie deficit.

megruder: I LOVE free weights! Enjoy!! You might not be eating enough. I also have a Body Media Fit Armband and, at first, I tried to keep the 1000 calorie a day deficit that SHOULD have had me losing 2 pounds a week. Instead, I pretty much lost NOTHING until I dropped my deficit to around 500 calories a day. Others on this thread have gone through the same thing.

Lacey: I wear my armband on my left arm 99% of the day. I switch it to my leg at night so I don't get chafing and since I'm pretty much not doing anything, I'm sure my calorie burn is not affected. At first, I was weird about people seeing it on my arm, but now I don't even notice it's there. And I don't give two *kitten* s what other people think of my funky armband anyway. If I was trying to look nice for an event or something, I'd probably wear it on my leg under pants or something but, other than that, what do I care what people think of me??

Bethany: Fabulous work on your grades girlie!!!

Suzie: Congrats for getting the yoga in!!

Sarah: Your weekend sounds like it was really nice.

Jenn: What does your husband do for work? Doubles sound kind of miserable!!

Laura: I LOVE going to the zoo! There is a ridiculously beautiful zoo here in Stuttgart that I ADORE wandering around since it is half a zoo and half a botanical garden. They even have wild birds just wandering around the joint, it's really cool. I LOVE how much the Germans LOVE being outdoors in beautiful surroundings.

Kendal: I'd do a Warrior Dash in a heartbeat. There's also this really cool race in MD where ZOMBIES chase you - I even considered a transatlantic flight just to do the zombie race but I figured that family would probably be pissed at me for coming back to the states and not coming to the correct coast (my fam is all West coast).

Victoria: WTG getting your bike out!! That's awesome!!

Kristina: I know you don't feel ready for your race but maybe you'll be fresher for your race if you don't kill yourself with training beforehand??? (Realize that I have NO IDEA what I'm talking about, I refuse to even THINK about running that far!!)

kingfisher: Great job on your loss this week!!

Got the dog out for a jog/walk this morning and I'm getting ready for my Insanity Max Cardio and Cardio Abs (I HATE when there are 2 workouts like that back to back- Shaun T is a jerk). Have a great day ladies!!

Check-in for Mon 2746 burned and 2521 consumed!!! Another under day for me... I should have time to catch up with everyone tommorrow. Amy - I laughed at the chubby dog story. I took moms dog to the park with me to run on the hill - last week he did it 4 times this week he stopped after 3. I ran up/down 10 times. I laughed at his laziness (or smatness)... Wish you were closer so I could help you and the pooch burn a few more cals...

Oh wow. A Warrior Dash in 1.5 months?? The one here isn't until the end of August. But MAN that would be awesome to meet you girls and accomplish something like that. Other than running, how do you train for the other parts? Climbing nets and wading through water and jumping over walls? There's no way I can be ready to run that fast by then either :-/


Amy- if I was being chased by zombies, I would be the fastest runner ever. I'm too scared to intentionally do something like that lol

I AM SICK. :sad: I haven't been sick since like, December, and I'm pretty bummed about it. Yesterday I thought my throat just hurt from all the singing/yelling over the weekend, but alas, I was wrong. I'm congested and fuzzy and dizzy and my throat is still on fire. Grr. I was thisclose to not getting up to work out this morning, especially since it was Yoga which meant I needed to have my butt in gear no later than 5:15. So my alarm went off at 5:02 and I layed there for 10 minutes debating just shutting my alarm of and sleeping. But I didn't. I've come this far - why should a d@mn cold stop me. I managed to push myself through all 90 minutes and even held twisting half moon without support from my couch for the first time. Woot. I still feel like *kitten*, but I'm really proud of myself for pushing through.

Kristina, I am pumped that you are going to have a second date with that guy so that you can decide if you like him or not. Have fun in Colorado!

Amy, I love the "chubby puppy" story. Too funny. And you might have a chubby puppy, but I don't think you can categorize yourself as "chubby" anymore. You are way to tough for that! I don't really have a specific "type" of hat that I collect... I just like them. My favorite hatmaker is a company called Goorin Brothers... http://www.goorin.com/ in case you want to check them out.

Kingfisher, yay for the 2lb loss! Congrats!

Victoria, Kendall, and Lacey, I just googled the warrior dash and it looks hilarious and awesome. Definitely something that I think would be fun to do. Victoria, I would totally do that one this July but I actually already have plans that weekend - concert tickets and then fun in Detroit after. Boo!

Victoria, I'm glad you got your bike out but sorry that it kinda kicked your butt. I think that's true with any new form of working out... I'm sure you'll be taking hour long bike rides in no time.

Laura, I also love zoos! Its such a nice way to spend time outside and learn stuff and look at cute/awesome/weird animals. I'm a big big fan of polar bears.

Jenn, I also would like to know what kind of work your hubby does. Doubles sounds pretty stressful and miserable.

Sarah, I looked up that hotel in Calgary - GORGEOUS. I think I better put that on my bucket list of cities to visit at some point in time - it looks so pretty! I'm glad you got to take some time to visit with your mom and family, that's always really nice.

Suzie, are your seminars done? If so, YAY! I know that has been crazy and kept you super busy. Are you still liking Bikram?

Lacey, I also googled Smith Magenis Syndrome and just wanted you to know that Jeff's cousin will be in my prayers - that will be a big battle for them. Have you watched the Survivor finale yet? I wish I would have known you were watching it - we could have chatted about it! I like this season a lot, except for the fact that the Zapatera tribe were all basically a bunch of wimps who didn't know how to actually play that game.

megruder, strength training is so great! You'll be surprised and how much of a difference it will make and how much stronger you will get.

Bethany, congrats on the aweome grades! :drinker:

Tae, I think you will have plenty of time to train for the Army 10 Milers in October. You might have to start rotating out days though because with that kind of distance you won't be able to do running and things like Turbo Fire... just ask Kristina about her experience with training for a half and doing Insanity - its pretty exhausting. I'm actually thinking about running a half marathon in October, but I think I am going to wait until I have completed P90X and had some time to play with a training schedule to make a final decision.

Well my phone is ringing... off to work!

Nava, thanks, it did take a whole heck of a lot of gumption to get up this morning. Pretty sure tonight I'll be in bed by like 9 or something. And I can totally relate to the Banana Republic pant thing... the other day I pulled out all my old clothes and I was able to zip up a pair a BR jeans that are a size 12. Now mind you I'm still wearing 14s from there and even sometimes 16s... even though all the 16s are decidedly baggy on me. Why can't sizing just be standardized by people? Yeesh.

Seriously, I'm SO going to have to make myself get on the computer at home, or I'm never going to keep up with this thread! Wow!

Congrats to the weight loss gurus for the week, Laura & Kendal! Woo hoo!!

Bethany-awesome grades!

Sarah-glad the trip went well! Too bad for snow, but still a loss on vacation, so it works! :-)

Jenn-natural sugars aren't so bad! My carrot stick send me over every day! And that can be 90% of my sugar!

Kerry-awesome for moving while sick!

That warrior run sounds like a blast! I'll seriously consider it, if I ever get to the point where my knees will let me run! LOL!

Suzie-3 weeks of crazieness & still holding on is better than a gain! Now that things are settling, hopefully you'll have time to get back on track!

Lacey-praying as well!

Megruder-PMS days are SO allowed! Otherwise we wouldn't make it!!

Victoria-you GOT your bike out, even if you didn't get up to what you used to do, that never works that way, you still got moving! WTG!!

Tae-feel better!! WTG for cleaning! I need to do that, badly!!

Kristina-awesome for 2nd date! Enjoy CO!!

Nava-size 12...wow!!! Awesome! I just want out of plus sizes! ) WTG girl!!

OK, I have to go to lunch so others can go on time! TTYL!

For the P90x'ers - did you guys buy some sort of push up hand holders? I know my wrists get super sore easily and was wondering how those felt?
I'm going to have to hit up Target this weekend and buy a chin up bar and resistance bands.


I'm here...not so sick but have a cough that will probably last a while.

Sorry some of you woke up sick this morning. Hopefully I didn't pass it along over the thread lol!

Amy - when I went to macys last time I tried on a pair of DKNY jeans, I am curvy too and my hips and waist are always an issue. The DKNY ones fit like a (tight) glove. There was another brand that started with an R that were super stylish and CUTE but I don't see them on their site and I can't remmeber their name.

I'll second DKNY and add Calvin Klein. I've not worn them recently as I couldn't fit into any of them, but at size 12, I loved how they fit.