Hotties With Bodies (Closed Group)

My loss for the week was 2260 calories. Weak I know! Tomorrow is going to be crazy busy, but I am going to wake up early and get Insanity in. I'm going to die, I haven't done it in forever! But now that I know my husbands schedule I'm going to spend tonight making up a plan and sticking to it! I do much better with schedules :bigsmile:

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I agree! I too I'm digging the smaller groups. It's easier to know who said what and when

Burn for the week was 2543 ... looking forward to seeing our profress on the map.

Boy am I gald the weekend is over. Started out great. Drank my water, ate great and allowed myself 2 drinks by the fire Fri night. I don't know what happened but those 2 drinks made me so drunk it was ridiculous. So Sat had a big hangover so I didn't eat or drink very much. So yesterday I over ate because I was so hungry. Today is a new day. RESTART.

My miles walked this week was 23.76. Not too shabby. Moving closer to LA.

This is the last week of my vacation and it will be challenging as I am going to visit my parents for a few days and then we are off to a provincial fastball tournament for my daughter. I'll be OK foodwise at Dad's because I cook but after that It is eating out and hotels.

My goals for this week are to drink 8-10 glasses of water daily, eat a balanced diet and walk. NO gym available until I get to the hotel and they have a pool.

60 days till VEGAS and I have 6 lbs to lose. That doesn't seem like much but boy it can be hard. That is just a little over 1/2 lb per week. Totally doable if I stick to my plan. Glad you are all here to help me and each other out.

WE HAVE THE GREATEST GROUP EVER!! Thanks Everyone!!

Hi strangers! So sorry I have been MIA the last couple of weeks. Last week I did terrible. I only worked out 2 days and I just ate everything in sight! I am really trying to get back on track. I actually had energy this mornning so I got a great work out in, so I am starting my week off right!

Sorry I have not been as active in this challenge as I have been in others =( I am going to start posting daily challenges for us on my status update. I usually check MFP from my phone, so that is why I do not post as much on the forum. I am signing up for a couple of 5k walks this fall to keep me motivated!!

WORK OUT plan:
MON, WED, FRI: Prental strength/toning + walking
TUES & THURS: 3 mile walk

Week 1(07.08.2011): 133 Week 6 of pregnancy
Week 2(07.15.2011): 135 Week 7
Week 3(07.22.2011): 135 Week 8 *Starting to pudge out a little
Week 4(07.29.2011): 135 Week 9
Week 5(08.05.2011): 136 Week 10
Week 6(08.12.2011):
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Week 8(08.26.2011):
Week 9(09.02.2011):
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Week 11(09.16.2011):
Week 12(09.23.2011):
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HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK!!!!! GOOOOOOO HOTTIES!!!

I've never really admitted this... but I really think I'm an stress binger! With probably the most exciting day of my life coming up, I turn to candy and food food food! I need to get this under control. It's like I go home from work (and while at work I eat candy/candy/candy. It's the mini's so I don't feel bad, you know 1 or 2 is fine.. and then I lose count!) and after work, I snack immediately. I will do better this week food wise.

Goals this week:
No binging after work (if I must have a snack, some fruit or veggies is appropriate!)
No candy at work <--- Probably the hardest for me everrrr

I consume water like it's going out of style, so I don't even know how much I drink of that. But, keep my water intake high, and my candy intake low. Let's do this hotties! :0) Desirae

Ok I feel like I've fallen behind in everything since I've been down the country. Back sleeping in my own bed last night for the first time in 2 weeks. I hate when my routine gets disturbed I find it so hard to concentrate and get back on track

I'm still stressed up to my eyeballs with my bf. STILL haven't had the chance to talk to him about him going traveling. He's planning something for Thursday night though, possibly dinner or something, so we will definitely talk about it then. I'm getting really nervous about this 'talk' because I'm making myself utterly paranoid and pessimistic! I need to stop it or I'll actually drive him to break up with me with this kind of behavior!!

Anyways enough about me and my boy problems. Happy anniversary to Kerri and her man! You two are the cutest

I am going to find it very hard to get the motivation to workout this week. I'm just in a downer mood and when that happens I can't get myself to do anything I will be getting back on track with my food and water though. That's usually the easy part
But I'll try to get myself moving.

All of you are just amazing people, you keep going even when times are tough. I wish I had all of your strength. Feeling sorry for myself is just a stupid, childish habit that Ive had all throughout my teenage years. And old habits die hard.

Keep it going ladies and keep on inspiring those who feel like giving up (like me)

xoxox

Sorry I haven't been very active on the board lately, I'm dealing with some decisions that could completely change my course in life and I'm a little intimidated by it all. I have been reading all the posts and it looks like a lot of us are dealing with stress at the moment, but I'm proud to say it also looks like everyone is dealing with it fairly constructively and not letting it wreck havoc on their progress.

I don't have time to comment individually but keep it up ladies, I'm proud of you all! :flowerforyou:

Once again thank you Robin. I didn't turn in my burn. I apologize. I didn't do too much. I don't think. This week has been shot.

We had some big time drama with my mom at her rehab facility. For those of you in Michigan...if you need it...do NOT EVER I repeat EVER send a person to Clinton-aire in Clinton Township. I wouldn't let my DOG go there. It's awful. We transferred my mom to an awesome place today. I am ready to cry I am SO freakin' happy. The lady gave my mom a private room because she felt so bad for what she has been thru. So I can go (visitng hours are 24 hours!) anytime and take my boys. We can close the door and we'll be good to go. They even fed all of us lunch. And the food was AMAZING. Totally not healthy. A sub with CHEESE! LOL. Homemade mac and cheese and of course this sinful chocolate cake with mousse and ganache.

I am REALLY hoping now that things will quiet down with her I can get back on track. I seriously miss my boring life! My oldest will be starting school already in a couple of weeks. Sheesh.

Love you girlies! xoxo

Delighted for you and your mom. Must be such a weight off your shoulders to know that she is being looked after in the manner she deserves. And here's to your life becoming 'boring' again

Great idea for this weeks workout challenge, Kerri. I really need to build upper body strength. Did 4 sets of 20 push-ups today so I think I will try this for the rest of the week to get me going.

I also ordered the 30 Day Shred DVD from the UK and it should be in the post soon. Im really excited to get it and start the program. I need something new to get me motivated again and to change things up for me a bit. I got too used to a routine and my body just isn't letting it work for me anymore I can't seem to get back down to the 150lbs I was at the end of April. GRRRRRRRR!!!!!
So I should have the DVD by next week and then Im going to give it a whirl. Ive seen some great success stories from other MFP's and my main objective is to lose inches, Im not too worried about the pounds really!

Ive gone back to my old habit of daily weighing, I can't help it cos Im dying to get back down to 150lbs and I need to see if Im heading in the right direction everyday. So far so good. Sunday morning I was back up to 159.4lbs but this morning I was 156.6lbs Been going to town on my water intake and staying under cals everyday. I only managed to break out of my exercise slump this afternoon and even then I only managed to do about 30mins of strength training which wasn't a great burn but at least it got a sweat going!

Here's to kicking the slump!

I am so happy my mom is getting what she needs! I keep hoping only 2 more weeks! 2 more weeks! Then we can get her home and she can get back to normal too!

Lorraine - I will say I loooooove 30 Day Shred. I saw results big time. That was my main form of exercise. I did 6 week 6 pack and yoga from Jillian....but 30 DS was the most used and did the bestest! You will love it!

Alright, I feel like my life is organized again! Made myself a notebook with weekly and monthly to-do lists (including exercising I've needed to do this for a while. I'm sort of kind of maybe a bit too much obsessed with schedules and keeping things organized hah. So now that my notebook is out and ready to be used, I'm ready to start checking off the exercise tab daily!

I have accepted (I don't want to say given up, but really I did) the fact that I will not get up at 7am to workout lol. I know to a lot of you that seems like sleeping in, but I just can't get out of bed before everyone else haha. For one, my giant dogs wake up when I get out of bed and that wakes up Lukas. Which then angers my husband because we both know Lukas would sleep til 8 if he doesn't hear the dogs haha. So I will wake up with the rest of the household, and if my husband works a close shift I WILL get in Insanity, if he opens, I will jog with Lukas.

Sorry for the blah blah about my life.. just needed to get all that in writing

I have been doing alright with food this week, not the best, but not over calories either. I'm waiting for Lukas to finish his nap, then we're going out for a jog. Tonight I will get in some MUCH needed yoga!! Tomorrow and Saturday are Insanity days. Push-ups will happen all the days! I feel like after 2 weeks of basically not working out, Insanity is going to be hell, but I need a good kick in the *kitten* haha.

Robin, the map looks amazing! We are all doing awesome ladies. If you are in a slump like me, figure out a good motivator and get moving!! No excuses I just realized it's about a month and a half until my husbands 10 year high school reunion, YIKES! That was enough to get me going again hah. I hope August is the month I can say I weigh my pre-baby weight!!

you all!

Lorraine - I LOVE 30DS. Right now I'm mixing it in with other cardio (treadmill, other DVDs, etc). I know you'll love it, let us know how it goes!

Linds - You'll have to show me your binder tomorrow!

I'm officially declaring myself at a plateau. I've been around the same 2lbs since June. I just can't seem to break it, I'm hoping to really focus on my eating and getting more strength training into my work outs. I'm considering a ZigZag diet, has anyone done this before?? I think my body just got used to what I was doing and I know I need to shock it to get back to losing more consistently.

HOWEVER, being at a plateau has really helped me realized how much I've gained by working out and eating better. I overall have more energy, and even though the scale isn't moving I can still see small changes in my body by working out. I realized that this is the first time I could ever say in my life that I've lost so much weight, I've tried and failed so many times over the last 3 years I have to be proud of my accomplishment so far. I think the feeling I get after working out and the energy I have now is worth continuing this even if the scale isn't budging. So... what have YOU gained by losing??? :-)

7/8: 162.0
7/15: 162.0
7/22: 160.6
7/29: 160.2
8/5: 159.4
8/12: 157.6

Incredibly excited to see such a big loss. I decided this week to stop living the lifestyle in my head and just live it instead. I was spending so much time planning every single bite of food and every minute of each work out and adjusting everything based on what I burned or was going to burn and I think I was causing myself unnecessary stress. This week I tried to listen to my body. If I was tired, I took a nap. If I was feeling good I went for a run. If I was hungry, I would eat if not I wouldn't (although I did make sure to stay at 1200 calories min). If I wanted a glass of wine, I would drink it. Amazingly, it lead to the biggest loss I have seen in the last few months and one of the biggest I have seen since started MFP in jan. I am 0.2 lbs from my 25 lb mark and only 7.7 pounds from my first goal (may lower to 145 if I get to 150 and think I can get a few more off).

I want to apologize for being kind of absent this week. I didn't realize how much time it would take to take care of a (now walking) 10.5 month old son and an 12 week old puppy. Most days I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off (which probably helps with my cal burn :-) ). Things are calming down a bit so I should be around more next week.

Here we are on another weekend and another couple of challenges. I am going to 2 parties tomorrow. First is my cousins baby shower which is going to have tons of delicious bad for you food. I am hoping to get there early and park myself in front of the veggies and fill up on those before the bad food comes out. Tomorrow night I am going to a campfire. All I can say is smores! The good thing with the campfire is it is with my middle school/ high school colorguard girls so at least i won't have the alcohol temptation.

My goals for the weekend are to not overindulge and to DRINK WATER.

Have a great one! Baby just woke up so I am off to start my crazy day.

Week 1(07.08.2011): 159.4
Week 2(07.15.2011): 159.2
Week 3(07.22.2011): 159
Week 4(07.29.2011): 160
Week 5(08.05.2011): 159.8
Week 6(08.12.2011): 159.4
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Calories burned this week: 2071

I'm planning to get in 2 great workouts this weekend, and hopefully a good house cleaning since it's supposed to be rainy! Ohhh, praying for rain! Yoga at 11:00am tomorrow, and Spinning at 9:15am on Sunday. Happy Friday girls!

June 17--143.6
August 12--142.8

This week was the first time I officially weighed myself in about 2 months (I moved our scale to our new bathroom finally). I don't know if I fluctuated much or not. I'm just glad there wasn't a gain of massive amounts since I wasn't being that good about what I ate during most of that time.

Massive (for me) calorie burn today, I should have a good total calories burned number to report tomorrow. Hopefully I can move in the morning to jazzercise, I have a baby shower and a late lunch/early dinner thing to be at, so I need some calorie burn!