Black Team 1/5/09

Happy Birthday, Vanessa!

Thanks!!!!! :blushing:

Vanessa, just wanted to add my birthday wishes to you. I wish I was good with the fancy graphics but I am not. So just HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

weighin in today at 208!!! Down 4lbs since our first weigh in!!!
This is probably my first post here I really can't keep up with all the post, wtg girls!!! But I just wanted to pass on my info.
I need to start on these challenges and get my butt into gear to exercise!! I really have only been losing this weight so far by watching what I eat and cutting back on my portions.
Yesterday I was going through my closet and was pulling things off the shelf that I have not worn in awhile because they were way to tight or just didn't fit at all I was soooo excited to find out that alot of the things were too big!! YEAH I love to see results!!!

weighin in today at 208!!! Down 4lbs since our first weigh in!!!
This is probably my first post here I really can't keep up with all the post, wtg girls!!! But I just wanted to pass on my info.
I need to start on these challenges and get my butt into gear to exercise!! I really have only been losing this weight so far by watching what I eat and cutting back on my portions.
Yesterday I was going through my closet and was pulling things off the shelf that I have not worn in awhile because they were way to tight or just didn't fit at all I was soooo excited to find out that alot of the things were too big!! YEAH I love to see results!!!

Good job, Katie! I love it when my clothes don't fit. :happy:

Happy Birthday, Vanessa!

THanks!!!!!! :smooched:

Tresa - WOO HOO! I hope the p-word has left you as well! Good job, lady!

Thanks Sara ... I hope so too ... although I am still not down to my "low bounce" weight yet!

I'll betcha your little bounce up is going to vanish pretty quick!

It better! I've been bouncing since the second week of December & I'm DONE! BAH!

Ok, I didn't get my hands on the pics in my daughter's camera in time to make it into the last thread but I want a record for posterity of the beginning of my first BL challenge! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

But first, to make me feel a little bit better about how I look now, muffin top and all, here is a pic from my highest weight. This was probably about 10 or so years ago and I think I weighed somewhere in the 220s but I am not totally sure because I never got on the scale back then.



Now for a quick word of explanation about this picture ... we were horsing around at dance lessons the other night waiting for some more people to show up (which they never did ... holiday break in a college town!) and were playing with the night setting on DD's camera to make "ghosts" ... (see transparent hubby to my right!) I'm a little bit blurry and have a goofy expression ... but blurriness and goofiness are nothing new for me ... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:



Oooh sorry ... that first try was a humongous photo ... stupid photobucket! :laugh: And my second try is too small, but I can't get photobucket to let me make it any bigger ... grrr.

I'm excited to see a little bit of change by the end of this challenge!

I just read a great article on here ... it was pretty far down in the thread list so I'm posting a link here to make sure we all have a chance to read it ...has to do with setting goal weights and what happens after you've lost a fair amount of weight ... interesting!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/34415-interesting-article-from-msn-com?page=1#posts-343353

I have to get up and do something pretty soon ... still feeling like a slug, though ... :laugh:

Make sure you aren't on the list!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/34467-black-team-still-need

Here is some motivation!

Today sucked. I've been out of work for 3 weeks due to snow, vacation and being sick. It seems like all **** hits the fan while I'm gone from work, so I'm always coming back to stressful situations. ANYWAY, to make a long story short, I got really upset with work today knowing what I have to deal with when I go back tomorrow and immediately my emotional eating symptoms started to kick into play. BUT instead of giving into bad eating habits and forgoing my exercise for the day, I decided to walk for 45 minutes on the treadmill and cried the whole time while doing it. Kind of therapeutic if I do say so myself. I'm proud of myself!

Let this be a lesson that no matter how ****ty the day has gone, you HAVE to look on the bright side. YOU come first in your life. No one else can take that from you. Don't let stress, emotions, people, anything get in the way of your goals.

- cj

You should definitely be proud, CJ! That was exactly the right thing to do! I wish I remembered more often when I'm in the throes of a really bad day that exercise is going to make me feel infinitely better than trying to comfort myself with food, both in the short term and in the long term.

I hope today is going better for you! :flowerforyou:

Tresa

Hey guys.

I was bad yesterday. Real bad. BF ended up making chicken fettucini alfredo for me for my birthday dinner. It was all homemade and incredibly bad for me but SO SO good.

I also drank last night. :grumble: That was really stupid because I WAY over indulged. I'm so tired/hung over today that it's just not at all worth it. I ended up blacking out last night so I have no idea what time I went to bed and i'm just so ... blah.

I have to go visit a huge customer today and I feel/look like crapola. :sad:

I just want to sleep! I know I did this to myself and it makes me never want to drink again!

Blah.

- Vanessa.

Ah well, we all fall down sometimes! Just pick yourself up and keep moving forward! One day isn't going to make or break anything if you refuse to give up!! Drink lots & lots of water today and you'll be fine!

And I think you're right ... for me right now alcohol isn't really worth it. It's not that hard to have a great time without it and I'd just as soon not have the calories ... or the loss of self control around food, either, for that matter.

I hope you feel better ...