Sixers Love Yourself Challenge - Week 3

Well, we enter our last day of week 3... ALREADY!!! It seems like we were just expressing our amazement that week 3 was STARTING! :noway:

Katie, how great that you are going to enter a 5k!! I'm going to look into the dates tomorrow but I hope to complete my first non-walking 5k in the spring :happy: I'm nervous and excited at the thought. It means I'll have to resume my participation in C25K (couch to 5k) that I was so enjoying until I got sick in December. You should consider checking out the website c25k.com because it eases you into a running program that is sustainable and won't cause over-training.

AmyLou, did you get your studying done?

Deb, YAY YOU for getting active even when the mood wasn't striking you :drinker:

Hi everyone else - I hope you've had a great weekend! Mine was really wonderful and I was 100% on track which hasn't happened in a while. Usually they're pretty good but I have one or two moments I'd like to re-do. Nice to have a great one!

Here are my meals for tomorrow (work out will be weight training class at the gym and maybe some running before hand):

1. pumpkin apple oatmeal
2. 3 egg whites scrambled & served on Ezekiel toast w/ salsa
3. protein smoothie (vanilla ice cream protein powder, skim milk, 1 cup blueberries, flax meal)
4. 1 gala apple w/ 1 3/4 tbsp almond butter
5. chocolate protein shake made w/ skim milk
6. yam & black bean stew over black japonica rice (left-overs!)
7. 3 cups air-popped popcorn

Have a great day ladies! :bigsmile:

oh, my for today is that I'm moving more and more into a place where I'm nurturing myself again. I bought some nice natural, organic honey calendula body lotion today and actually used it all over after my shower tonight. I'm gaining a kind of respect for myself that I'm not sure I've known before and I LOVE that.

Good morning!

Katie, good for you resisting the honey bun. And yay on a loss! I've had a loss over the last couple of days too and I just couldn't wait so I updated my ticker. Down to 168lbs. I HOPE I've finally kissed the 170's goodbye for GOOD!

I did my Friday weigh in today. I'm the same as I have been for weeks now... 159.
The bad news, I'm not losing any weight.
The terrific news, I've not gained an extra pound in all my emotional overeating.
Phew.... :yawn: I need a nap.

Where IS everyone????? :glasses:

Well hello strangers! I'm still hanging on to this danged cold, but the coughing is mostly cleared up. If only I could get my nose and sinuses to be well too! I was absolutely shocked this morning when I stepped on the scale, because I'm down quite a bit, can hardly wait til tomorrow to share! Of course, I didn't eat dinner last night (went to take a 3rd nap of the day at 4:30, woke up at 11 PM, ate a bowl of ice cream and went back to bed and slept until 5 this morning), so that may have something to do with it...

Amylou, possibly open the picture in your paint program, then save it as a jpeg. I've had to do that to shrink my pictures to a size that's acceptable on different websites, otherwise they are too big bytewise. Don't know if that will help with the zoom thing though.

Still no exercise, I might hop on the wii fit for a bit. Not sure though... Just made the most delicious protein shake for my afternoon snack. I used my vanilla mix, with almond milk, and added a tablespoon of pistachio SF/FF pudding mix. YUMMMMMMMMMM It was decadent!

Katy, no kidding!!! That's great isn't it? I'm looking forward to getting into the 20's in my "left to lose". You're doing SO well :flowerforyou: :drinker: It's a funny thing to try to estimate a healthy final weight, isn't it. I'm so curious to see how things go as I keep shrinking because I know actually weighing 135 is the absolute bottom for my 5'10" frame but I do think I've got that much FAT to lose. Any idea how you'll reward yourself when you reach that goal??

Pedal- I have no idea what I will do... Any ideas?? lol. And congrats to you lady look at YOU!! You are doing AMAZING!!! What are you going to do when you reach your goal?? I know what you mean about feeling that you have that much FAT to lose, yet the weight in pounds may not agree.. I have friends and family telling me that I should just stay how I am now, that I look very healthy and just right. My grandfather, who is constantly on anyone's case that has 10lbs or more to lose, told me that I needed to stop losing weight because I was going to look like skin and bones soon. LOL, never thought I would hear things like that in the rest of my life!! But I believe it is more about how YOU as a person feels, emotionally and physically. Wouldnt you agree?

Amylou- Congrats on the 150s!!!! YAYA!! And here's to a better day tomorrow :flowerforyou:

Cathy- I know you are going into surgery and I am thinking about you and wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Deb- You are really someone to look up to.. despite the slight gains you had, you are sticking with it like glue!! That is fantastic!!! Great job and keep it up!

Katie- Oh my my.. I LOVE the step classes at my YMCA.. they make my booty, thighs and abs sore for 3 days after!!! And I do lunges, squats and oblique/regular crunches atleast 3-4x/week!!! That is my favorite class I have tried so far! There is one tomorrow so I will be there

Bunny- Hope you get to feeling better soon :flowerforyou: That protein shake sounds very very yummy!! Get plenty of rest and youll be back and at 'em in a few days!! I believe the only good part about being sick is the weight loss effect :laugh:

Kristin- I know you are reading through but not posting so I miss you and hope you are doing well!! Im sure you are!!!

Okay to the ones I have missed..Hope you are doing well and Ill get ya in the next check in

I did go to the gym this evening.. I was on the treadmill and alternated jogging and walking for an hour..and did some weights. About 700 cals burned sooo it was a decent trip. Crazy how the more weight you lose, the less calories your body burns during the same activity!!!

Sooo I am off to watch a movie/study/bed any of those.. I havent decided yet!! I will check in with our new week tomorrow! Goodnight ladies!!:flowerforyou: