Sisterhood HCP Week 2

Thats great! I'm trying to cut out most of fast food too. We had Popeyes for supper last night though. I was suprised that the calories weren't that much though.

Yeah well we are trying to save money and eat healthy so the two go well together. It was just so easy to eat fastfood since I am always running around and I am only cooking for myself and my 7 year old who would like to eat out everyday. She has done well with it and I was very excited. Two weeks is a long time for us.

By the way, I added a few pics to my profile. I put up my motivation to lose weight. Before Christmas my daughter came home with a Christmas Card she had made in spanish class. Inside the card it had a picture of me, my husband and my youngest daughter. In the picture is had me looking like a big fat orange. I looked the word up that she used to describe me and it said "My Momma is Fat". I cried but not in front of her. I knew she did not mean harm but I was so hurt that is how she sees me. I told my husband that as soon as he left I was going to get on track and lose weight. I also put some pictures of me the day I started. I have only been at this for 3.5 weeks and I can see a huge difference already. I am not taking after pics until April that is when I set my goal to reach. So anyone else motivated for a certain reason?

I know what you mean. I'm so afraid of my boys seeing me as fat. I'm motivated because of 1. my boys. I want to be able to play with them and not get tired! and 2. for my husband. He's a cop and I know what kind of women he comes across everyday. Not that I'm worried about him! I just want him to be able to be proud of how I look.

I know how both of you feel... My 8 year old was showing a friend of hers all the pictures we have hanging up in our house... One was of me when she was around 21/2, at my almost fittest. She was saying things like "This is me in Georgia, this is my dog Peek when he was a puppy, and this is my mom when she was...." And then she didn't finish her sentence. I know what she was trying to do... She is always very aware of other people's feelings, and I'm sure that she knew she could hurt my feelings by saying something about my weight. I really want to be a good role model for my girls-they are both healthy and we keep them active, and I want our entire family to stay that way.

My husband is in the Air National Guard, and he goes to drill up in Anchorage, a three hour drive away. I haven't been able to meet anyone in his unit yet, and am kind of thankful for it since no one knows what I look like yet. :blushing: They have a family organizational day every year, and if I had the opportunity to go to it, I want to be healthy again for it!!! My husband always tells me how proud he is that I'm his wife, whether I'm at my lightest or my heaviest, but I want to live up to what I know I can be.

By the way, I added a few pics to my profile. I put up my motivation to lose weight. Before Christmas my daughter came home with a Christmas Card she had made in spanish class. Inside the card it had a picture of me, my husband and my youngest daughter. In the picture is had me looking like a big fat orange. I looked the word up that she used to describe me and it said "My Momma is Fat". I cried but not in front of her. I knew she did not mean harm but I was so hurt that is how she sees me. I told my husband that as soon as he left I was going to get on track and lose weight. I also put some pictures of me the day I started. I have only been at this for 3.5 weeks and I can see a huge difference already. I am not taking after pics until April that is when I set my goal to reach. So anyone else motivated for a certain reason?

You've lost 15 lbs. in 3.5 weeks?! That is awesome! Good on ya ) I'll think that your fantastic progress will be a new motivation for me I've been at this for 3 weeks or so and have only lost about 6 lbs. I've been giving into my weanesses ( (i.e. frosted donuts and coke...:grumble: )

My kids have motivated me too - I've heard the fat word but they are so small that they aren't being malicious, they are just stating what they see. I feel your pain :brokenheart: I have noticed though that they are now very excited about exercise everyday so I am happy to see that I am having a positive impact on my kids and that is giving me new motivation.

Yeah I started on the 5th of January. I am sure I will hit a plato(SP?) soon. I am always able to lose fast as soon as I start excercising and eating right. I have given into my temptation a few times but always stay with in my calorie limit. I went from probably eating 4000 calories a day to 1500 and exercicing 7 days a week. You can do it to. You will probably catch up to me soon.
Yeah I don't think that she meant it. When I asked her what it meant she said big. It just made me realize how she see's me. So I have the picture hung by my desk as motivation. She just thinks I like it a lot, lol.

I just found this in reference to MissResa!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_re_us/alaska_volcano;_ylt=Ao6BBVsKUG5iFCDE5Z3oZ4AazJV4

By the way, I added a few pics to my profile. I put up my motivation to lose weight. Before Christmas my daughter came home with a Christmas Card she had made in spanish class. Inside the card it had a picture of me, my husband and my youngest daughter. In the picture is had me looking like a big fat orange. I looked the word up that she used to describe me and it said "My Momma is Fat". I cried but not in front of her. I knew she did not mean harm but I was so hurt that is how she sees me. I told my husband that as soon as he left I was going to get on track and lose weight. I also put some pictures of me the day I started. I have only been at this for 3.5 weeks and I can see a huge difference already. I am not taking after pics until April that is when I set my goal to reach. So anyone else motivated for a certain reason?

You've lost 15 lbs. in 3.5 weeks?! That is awesome! Good on ya ) I'll think that your fantastic progress will be a new motivation for me I've been at this for 3 weeks or so and have only lost about 6 lbs. I've been giving into my weanesses ( (i.e. frosted donuts and coke...:grumble: )

My kids have motivated me too - I've heard the fat word but they are so small that they aren't being malicious, they are just stating what they see. I feel your pain :brokenheart: I have noticed though that they are now very excited about exercise everyday so I am happy to see that I am having a positive impact on my kids and that is giving me new motivation.

Yeah I started on the 5th of January. I am sure I will hit a plato(SP?) soon. I am always able to lose fast as soon as I start excercising and eating right. I have given into my temptation a few times but always stay with in my calorie limit. I went from probably eating 4000 calories a day to 1500 and exercicing 7 days a week. You can do it to. You will probably catch up to me soon.
Yeah I don't think that she meant it. When I asked her what it meant she said big. It just made me realize how she see's me. So I have the picture hung by my desk as motivation. She just thinks I like it a lot, lol.

I don't usually drop the pounds fast - its the inches that seem to go faster for me so I tend to like to do measurements better. I measured myself probably about a week ago or more and had lost 1 1/2 inches off my waist - YAY! And today I tried on some pants that I couldn't button before and now I can button them :bigsmile: I'm still a little muffin-toppy in them but I'm definately psyched to get them on :happy:

I don't usually drop the pounds fast - its the inches that seem to go faster for me so I tend to like to do measurements better. I measured myself probably about a week ago or more and had lost 1 1/2 inches off my waist - YAY! And today I tried on some pants that I couldn't button before and now I can button them :bigsmile: I'm still a little muffin-toppy in them but I'm definately psyched to get them on :happy:
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Congratulations on your recent success!!! I have quite a few pairs in my dresser that I won't wear-I'm afraid I'll be like one of those people from the Subway commercials... You know, the one where the people's buttons are flying off and breaking stuff, ricochetting off of street signs, etc. I don't want to maim anyone standing in the same room as me!!:laugh:

So sorry MissResa, I sure hope your hubby gets to come home. It is so frustrating when then change things at the last min. Last deployment my hubby was supposed to be home in 2 weeks and we got extended 4 more months. That meant he was gone 16 months in Afghanistan. Totally suck so I know what your going through.

So where is everyone? I know it is Saturday but come on we need to be accountable every day! I am especially bed on the weekends. I have to work out today but I have not motivation.

Good news today! I measured and have lost 1 inch from my bust (not so good, haha), 1/2 inch from my hips, 2 inches from my thighs and lost 6lbs!! I'm very excited to see progress! I'm one of those who tends to give up if results don't come immediately but I've been going strong for a couple of weeks and am seeing results! Yay!

Good morning, all!!! I was actually able to talk to my husband yesterday, and he said he didn't think that they were going to be delayed... I feel so petty complaining about him being gone, especially with people who are in tougher situations(certain people who are in Germany ), but things are getting kinda hectic right now. You would think that a couple deployments would make this seem like a breeze, but it still stinks having him gone. Congrats to Missmez for her recent loss, and thank you everyone for letting me vent a little. I hope that everyone has a great day!!!!

Okay, I feel the need for some serious intervention... If I superglue my mouth together, how long do you think it will take before the adhesive wears off? My parents are having fight night at their house, and are planning on ordering pizza, having chips and dip, and asked me to make my homemade chocolate chip cookies. I made sure that my mom at least ordered a vegetarian pizza, but I don't know if I'm going to make it through the night!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

ok the first thing you do is make sure you eat before you leave that way even if your still hungry or get hungry it wont be so bad. :bigsmile: then take something with you the veggies and dip is a good idea or fruit just take something :bigsmile: The pizza is tempting so is the cookies and other food but just remember its not worth it not after all your hard work and you know what they say a minute on your lips a lifetime on your hips :laugh: But seriously just take something good with you and in the end if you are still tempting have a small amount and fill the rest of your plate with healthy stuff....still not convinced? well if it still happens worse worse case scenerio excercise a ton the next day :devil:


hope that helps that really sucks but just try to remember its just not worth all the hard work you have done and are doing :flowerforyou: I believe in you :smooched:

So I know that the group weighs-in on Tuesday but I started MFP doing my weigh-ins on Saturday so here are my results:

I lost 3 pounds this week - but more importanly I was able to button my goal jeans!! The aren't my final goal jeans but they are they next step. So this morning I went through all of the jeans at the top of my closet (none of which fit me on Jan 1), and I have three "new" pants that I haven't been able to wear in almost 2 years that now fit!

And . . . I started the push-up challenge two weeks ago only able to do 13 girl push-ups and today when I did my 2 week evaluation I was able to do 40!! I can't believe it!

Today was a very good day!

omg congrats on the three pounds and on the pants both are sooooo great and the push up challenge thats awesome keep up the good work :flowerforyou:

Okay wait... you went from 13 to 40 push ups in two weeks? That's awesome! Enjoy your jeans too btw! Congrats on your accomplishments!

Ok so I know we weigh in on Tuesday but I had to share my success with Everyone! I started my weight loss journey on January 5th. Today is the end of the 4th week. I have lost 16lbs, gone down 2.6 in my BMI, lost 2 inches in my waist, 1 inch in my chest, 1.5 inches of my hips, and 3 inches off of my problem area right above the navel. I took some pictures today just because I can see such a difference in my side view. I have two more months until my orignial goal. I wanted to be at 195 by then. Well that is only 10 lbs away so I think I will for sure reach my goal. Anyway I was just so excited, Thank you all for your support.