Scale Smashers Support (closed thread)

Just bumping in case I have updates....

Hello fellow Scale Smashers! I hope my scale gets smashed in a good way as a result of this comp! I did Round 1 of the Fit N Trim and didn't fare too well, hoping to do better this time.

My name is Katie, I'm a wife, mommy of 3 wild boys (and trust me, that's putting it MILDLY), full-time employee, full-time student, dog lover and obsessive control freak. Too bad the ONLY thing I can't seem to control is my weight! :grumble: I've been yo-yoing for the past year, got down to about 175 and am back up to almost 200! :noway: I'm trying, I just tend to put everything BESIDES my weight loss first. Trying to change that....

For exercise I enjoy running outside, biking and spinning. I recently re-started Jillian's 30 Day Shred because it's a quick, but GOOD, workout. It's really hard for me to find time and energy to exercise between work, school and the family - so PLEASE give me a hard time if I appear to be slipping!

Now....lets SMASH SOME SCALES! :bigsmile:

Nice to meet you Katie! You are busy...I'm looking forward to hearing about the 30 day shred!

Mornin Scale Smashers!

I'm super pumped for this competition as the last one I had to drop. My name is Jessica, I'm a full time mom of a rambunctious 2 1/2 y/o named Oliva as well as a 7 month old Alaskan Shepherd (even worse than the kid sometimes!). I've been with mfp since 2009 and got as low as 138- then got a super stressful job in the worse place ever for a stress eater.... A BAKERY! We're in the beginnings of a move from WI to TX and my goal is to use any stress in my exercise instead of eating!!! Also wanna drop as much as I can by Nov for the hotter climate for a hotter body! (We'll be in Houston)

Also need to push myself as I'm joining Kim the 17th for Warrior Dash!

Lookin forward to smashin our scales as well as blowin the other teams outta the water!

Hello to all!
My name is Chris, I am a mother of a very active little 17mo old boy (Ethan). I am married to the man of my dreams for 3 years. I gained 70lbs when I was pregnant and never ever want to be this heavy again! I work with Kim who introduced me to MFP (so bare with me while i figure this out) and I am very motivated to getting rid of this weight, I just need a little support other than my hubby.

What a great team name - so excited to be part of the team!

Hey there Scale Smashers!!! My name is Maria and I have been in all 3 competitions so far - won the first one :drinker: :flowerforyou: (BRAGGING MOMENT) :blushing: and I'm planning on working really, really hard again. My motivation is back up and I'm really motivated to see the 150's for the first time in my adult life. So help me out please by kicking me in the rear if I talk about donuts, cake, pastries, bars or buffets. LOL

I'm a full-time student for the first time in 15 years - going back to school for physical therapy and LOVING it. I live in SE MN and personally know impmommy and healthymomwannabe from the competition (we all live 10 minutes from each other) and they are wonderful, sweet girls. Hmmmm...what else.......I have 3 amazing and very funny children - ages 10, 9 and 6 and 2 dogs - a goldendoodle and a boston terrior...I have 2 cats too - crazy about animals. Oh...and a fun-loving husband of 13 years who was my high school sweetheart.

I am trying to keep up with running/ elliptical, etc and when I get to the 150's I would really like to start p90x. I have run 10 races in the last 2 years and am REALLY wanting to run one in under 30 minutes.

That's about it! Soooo nice to meet you all and I will be sending you a friend request so watch out for it!! :happy:

How are you all doing so far? Are we going to kick some major *kitten*? Last competition, we really seemed to stay on track and do well...let's do awesome again and support each other so our team can take the win. :drinker:

Drink lots of water :drinker:
Say no to the sweets
Try and not drink too much my lushy friends :ohwell:
Exercise!! :sick:
Log your food intake and stay within cals for the day!! :noway:

We can do this!!!!!!!!!!

I went over yesterday but I won't let it happen again - the nature of the beast I'm afraid! Will be a bit lushy tomorrow, so I will be sure that I stay under for breakfast and lunch!

Thanks for the support in doing this!

Oh - and even with overdoing it I am still down a pound from Wednesday!!! Woohoo! I plan on exercising tonight - W4D2 of C25K...so might have to have one glass of wine tonight too

Scale Smashers rocks! We can win this first week for sure!

I desperately need to get to the store and stock up on some healthy munchies...also need to plan meals for the week (I seem to eat way better when that is done). Anyone have any new recipes they've tried lately that they'd like to share!?!?! :happy:

I'm getting ready to go take the poochies for a walk, been super busy the last few days but wanted to pop in and catch up with you all. Hope you're have a wonderful wekeend!

I hear you about meal planning.....soooo much easier when you do that! I'd also love some healthy trusted recipes...I am a meat and potatoes and casserole girl so everything I make is high in calories it seems! I just watch my portions and now am trying to put my fork down between bites. It seems to be helping, I don't leave the table quite as hungry as I think I would.

Hope your walk was nice, and hope you're having a good weekend too! BBQ tonight, so I did my C25K early today - hope I can control myself around the appetizers!

I too did bad yesterday.. but went to the zoo today and walked over 1200 calories! I still have about 800 for the day- enjoying a glass of wine after a long hot day.

For some reason not hungry so may just make a salad. As for healthy recipes.. hmmm I'll have to dig some up! I tend to make all sorts of food (hubs needs to GAIN lol) and just eat less of the fatty/cal filled stuff and lots more veg! I also try and drink a full glass of water before a meal- that helps!

T minus 3 days til weigh in!

I too did bad yesterday.. but went to the zoo today and walked over 1200 calories! I still have about 800 for the day- enjoying a glass of wine after a long hot day.

For some reason not hungry so may just make a salad. As for healthy recipes.. hmmm I'll have to dig some up! I tend to make all sorts of food (hubs needs to GAIN lol) and just eat less of the fatty/cal filled stuff and lots more veg! I also try and drink a full glass of water before a meal- that helps!

T minus 3 days til weigh in!

So Jealous about the zoo! I live in the middle of nowhere and have to drive at least 2 hours to get to a decent one for my kids to see - you know how hard it would be to put the kids in the car for two hours and then have them ENJOY the zoo?!?

Like the tip about the full glass of water - I always forget that...

Happy early birthday chickie! I’ve never had Mongolian food…what’s the flavor profile? My current fave ethnic food is Mediterranean YUM!

Well I end up did making myself go for the walk with the pooch, he LOVED it! I’ve been slacking on walking him…:blushing: AND today I got my butt out of bed early to do the Shred. Hit the store yesterday and hubby and I planned our meals out for the week. He doesn’t necessarily like my “healthy” foods, but we’ve found quite a few recipes that satisfy both of us. But I feel like I’m constantly looking for new things since we get sick of eating the same things day in and day out. I made a turkey chili last night and he's putting a Spanish Chicken recipe in the crock pot tonight, can't wait to taste it!

I have class tonight 6-10:30...BLAH!!!!!! Gotta get back to finishing my homework so catch up with you all tomorrow!

I too stayed lush free...yay! I did some yoga yesterday, ran around at volleyball practice and then ran around after the kids. Feeling okay about tomorrow.