Dear SOC

I hope you're having a blast! I did my weigh-in last week, but I only posted it in my profile. I was down to 140.5 on 6/7, but I had a crazy weekend, so it'll probably be the same for this week. I'll do another weigh-in Tuesday and post the results.

As a side note, I promised myself a new sports bra when I got into the 130s--here's hoping it's this week! I'm going to get a really nice one that holds it all in place, without giving me dreaded uniboob.

Quite understandable and the challenge is not at all pathetic. You're right, it is important for us to look over our progress and figure out what we can improve. I usually try to avoid doing that because all my mistakes and cheat days become very glaring.

I've been very inconsistent with both eating healthy and working out. The inconsistency occurs in blocked periods, where one week I'll be very healthy and exercise regularly and then in another I won't do either. Fortunately I'm broke so I haven't been able to binge on anything that will significantly set me back but it is preventing me from progressing. I just want to reach a point, particularly with working out, where I am stronger and can do more then I can now. So far, whenever I almost get to a point where I begin to tone and improve, I end up stopping and going back to square one both with my workout and weight. I've never been able to get to a point where I can see significant results. My focus for the rest of this month is being consistent and hopefully it'll make a difference.

On the point of sports bras, I really need one. It's deterring me from upping the intensity of my workouts.

Yaaay I missed you! Haha. I made a promise to myself to not peek at the scale before the weigh in, so I won't know my real progress until tomorrow. A few weeks ago i upped my calories to 1400 because I only had 10 pounds to go, but I haven't been losing as much since, so yesterday I changed it back to 1200. Hopefully that will jumpstart things again.

I've been pretty good about sticking to my exercise and eating goals, but I haven't had as much time to work out as I would like. My summer job ended up giving me almost 40 hours a week, which is great on my wallet, but not so much for my progress. I'm also studying for the PCAT (Pharmacy College Admissions Test) several hours a day, so its making my time a little limited. I've been trying to wake up early in the morning to do either 30DS or Ripped in 30, and I've been pretty consistent. I pack my lunches for work and typically stay pretty healthy.

I have to confess to cheating when I visit my boyfriend, but we're semi long distance while we're at home for the summer, so this only ends up being like once a week, if that. Other than that I've been very consistent.

I got Brazil Butt Lift in the mail today! So I'm starting that soon. Has anyone had any experience with this? I couldn't resist. It had great reviews and I love having a good butt haha.

I'll post my weight tomorrow!! Good luck SOC-ers!

Thanks for posting another thread! I hope you had fun in Florida!

I haven't been doing too bad. My biggest problem I think is that I don't even finish my diary on my cheat days. I went to a White Sox game this weekend and I wasn't actually pretty proud of myself. I had 2 hot dogs, tons of peanuts, an italian ice chill, and a hot chocolate (it got so cold!!). BUT I didn't eat anything fried or have any soda. So I was really proud of myself for that. And that morning I went on a 12 mile bike ride.

My diary has been pretty good. On the days I log in I tend to stay under my calorie goal. I also haven't been drinking any soda really.

My workouts have been pretty good. I started some P90X dvds. I am not doing the program as they plan it, just whatever DVDs I feel like fitting into my other workouts. My bike riding to work as been pretty good. Today I couldn't though because its storming. But I got up and did some yoga and I feel really good!

I have a general question. How many calories do you have left by dinner time? Or how do you distribute them throughout the day? I entered in everything I am going to eat for breakfast and during the day at work and I have reached 1000 calories and I tend to eat about 1400....

First off, I'm glad you had a good time in FL, it's my favorite place to be on vacation!

Secondly, I'm weighing in at 142.5 lbs today. I didn't work out at all last week because I started a new medication and it made me super exhausted and dizzy. I think I'm getting used to it, so this week I'm easing back in to working out.

Hopefully I'll be 140 or less in time for 4th of July!

Whiskyzee: Check out Nutsonline for pumpkin seeds. I buy them from there raw/unroasted. That way I can control how much salt goes on them, etc. They are a great snack and a pretty good deal from the website!

http://www.nutsonline.com/snacks/pumpkinseeds/raw-inshell.html

No longer in the obese category as of today

that's absolutely awesome!!! congrats!!!!! =D

ugh guys. forget them. if they're so rude as that as to blow something off that was already planned, they honestly are not worth your time. flaky people are never worth it.

great job on channeling that anger into something positive though!!! =]

@Sara--thanks, I'll have to check that out!

woohoo!!! I'm hoping to be bikini ready by NEXT summer. heh. we'll see