200+ Hot For Halloween!

Sarah - you ran the distance last week. Take a deep breath... You can do this. What about making your goal to complete the race rather than in a time frame. This may relieve some of your anxiety. If you finish in less than 3 hours, it'd be icing on the cake!!! You will be ramped up on race day and run faster than you train by an ave of 1 min/mile. Good luck...

WiggleSarah - I hope your friend is able to pull through love! {{hugs}} You're such an awesome person for being there in such a huge way for her and her family!

Megan - Yeah, Isaac and i make our own pizzas out of lebanese bread and they're AWESOME and way low in calories for the awesome pizza feeling you get while eating them!

Annette - Yep, we call them Thongs. In the same way, we call the "thong" underwear "g-strings".

Rikki - Way to go girlie!! You sure as heck CAN do this! A lot of the time we all feel very much like we're going one step forward and two (or ten) steps back, but stick at it and you WILL be able to do it!

Nava - I used to not be into MMA, i thought it was completely stupid and just for total meatheads. Then Isaac was watching The Ultimate Fighter one day (The contest that UFC do to get more fighters) and realised that the fighters aren't all complete idiots. Then i started becoming fascinated by it, and now i absolutely love it! The most recent UFC, Jones vs Rampage, UNBELIEVEABLE fight! AAAAAAAH. Sorry, that's completely off topic from what you were saying, but gawd i love UFC! haha!

Kendal - LOVE that pic, it's so true!

Sheba - Family visiting is an awesome reason to not worry about logging. Just enjoy your time together!

Navallez - Seriously, that's an awesome loss. The first few weeks you lose mainly water weight, then you get into the fat which is harder to move. You're doing great!

Amy and Lacey - Hi girls!! Hope you're having an AWESOME time!!

Spacegrass - welcome! That's a huge amount of weight to lose, way to go for not being daunted by it!!


PHEW!! This thread is growing at a rate of knotts!

Last night Isaac and i had a long chat about diet and exercise. See, he loves the IDEA of getting healthy, so he'll research an idea for ages and ages, and then just as he's saying THIS is the one... he'll find one he prefers, so he'll research THAT. Pleh. It's getting kinda old, and last night i said to him "You can research these things to your heart's content, but PLEASE choose one to start while you research the others!!!"
I've been getting a bit of a bee in my bonnet lately that i'm still eating too much. I've stopped eating so much junk - last week's HJs was the first takeaway i'd had in over two months! - But my portion sizes are still too big i reckon. And due to our current cashflow-crisis, we've been eating a lot more pasta, potato and rice than i'd like, and les vegetables - just because they're too expensive!! But as of my payday friday the cash issues should be fixed (my work decided to do some stupid thing with our pay weeks, so we ended up with uneven pay amounts...) so BACK TO IT! My weight is going in the right direction, but not as fast as i think it could be if i were eating less.
And isaac is unable to leave food on his plate. I've said a few times that he could just leave what he doesn't want to eat, but if he has food in front of him then he will eat it. However he said last night that he's got no issue with not going back for seconds if he's not hungry.
So my plan now is that when i dish up food and look at my plate and thing "one more scoop..." - Don't do it. I don't need that one more scoop. Of whatever (except veg!). If i am genuinely still hungry after i've finished what's on my plate, that one more will still be there and i can go back for it.
In essence, i'm trying to cut my portions of pasta/rice/potato in half. I think that would make a HUGE difference!

I also want to get into resistance training.

See, told you i got a bee in my bonnet!!

Have a good one, ladies, i'm off to do my morning's Wii Fit and Wii Zumba. How the heck did i survive without the wii!?


ETA - I'm so glad that i've started copying my posts before hitting "post reply" in case of computer failure... I just tried to post this on the last thread and got told it was locked... would have lost the whole damn thing!!!

Hosanna, you are such a smart cookie!!

Amy and Lacey, we miss you and can't wait to hear about your escapades!!

Kristina, you are amazing, woman! I can hardly keep up with reading the thread, let alone tracking for everyone's weight on it.

Kendall, Congrats on the flip!

Jessi, after all you've been through and are on, I'm surprised you remember that you wanted to say something brilliant, let alone actually being able to do it...lol

Well, we're still cleaning here and rearranging rooms. Makes for long days and night, and I miss the gym!!! Hopefully, I will be able to get there on Wednesday, and all this will just magically be done like waking from a dream!

Hosanna - do you weigh your food. I find it's the only way to know if I'm having an accurate portion size. Good luck.

Welcome, Spacegrass! This is an awesome group to be a part of. The ladies here are encouraging and open (REALLY open.)

Sometimes too much so?

Victoria - Yeah, i weigh everything. I just think i'm eating too much of what i'm weighing!

Jessi - Easier way of doing it - open a reply page in another tab. That's how i think a lot of us do it.


My Wii Zumba arrived yesterday, and i've just done my first proper workout on it... HOLY MOLY!!!! There is sweat pouring off me, my shirt is soaked, my hair is drenched, and i just burned 226cal in 20 minutes!! Wooo!!

... If only i didn't look like a caterpillar having a seizure while doing it...
(clearly the reason that i chose Wii Zumba over going to classes... doesn't matter what i look like, i'm constantly moving and burning a buttload of calories!)

Well all, I signed up for my first 5K! I ran over 2 miles outside this weekend and then walked 2 more after the run, so I figured that I'm ready to at least run/walk a 5K. I am going to try to run the whole thing, but I think there are some pretty big hills on the race route so we'll see. It's a night run (starts at 7:30pm); everyone will get glow in the dark necklaces, and there will be fireworks afterwards. Fun! The race is in 3 weeks, so I'm going to try to prepare myself as best as possible to be able to run the whole thing...

Sarah (WnT), I'm so glad to hear you say that you sweat so much during Jillian. I definitely notice a difference in my fitness level between now and the first time I did Shred, but the sweat level hasn't changed. If someone as hardcore as you still sweats like crazy while working out with Jillian, then I know I'm okay. Also, don't worry -- if anyone is ready for a half marathon, it's you!!

Hosanna, you made me laugh with your "caterpillar having a seizure" comment. That's pretty much how I look while doing zumba too! I know this because I have done zumba classes at gyms with full length mirrors for walls, and it's not pretty. Now I have the Kinect zumba game that I do at home, so I don't have to think about how I look when I'm shakin' it.

Fi, good luck on your LSAT studying!

Jessi, you've never been to any concert before? You're in for a lot of fun then!!

Welcome, Spacegrass and all the newbies!

Kristina, you really do rock. :flowerforyou:

Jeez, new section already! xD

Anyway, update on me.

I've been so stressed lately that my period started before I got off my birth control. How effed up is that?

I also broke up with my bf.. I could not stand being with a guy who is more of a girl then I am! I said I need a break, but I'll probably never go back unless he changes.

Even though my weight went up on Friday. I'm back to being below what I was 2 weigh ins ago! So I know I'll have a decent loss this next weigh in.

Lurking - no time but hope to respond later

xx

Who has the whip and can you send a few (maybe 10) licks my way? I just had a 3rd day of no logging and a second day of no ex (*sigh*)... At least I burned 2142 yesterday... I have a 4 mile power walk/run scheduled this afternoon. I should get up and do a DVD this morning. I need to get out of my funk!!!

Welcome to the new faces!!!!

Congrats to all who lost!!! To all who gained - today is a new day, make better choices and do some ex...

Pam - your race sounds like fun!!! Congrats on being a runner!!!

Apryl- even though breaking up is hard, good for you. I couldn't be with a girlie guy either though. Sometimes they think they are the best thing since sliced bread cause they are "in touch" with their emotions when I just want a simplified relationship where I don't have to wear the pants all the time.

Jenn- good luck on the no sweets in October thing. That won't be easy with Halloween coming up. I know you can do it though! I'm with you in the wanting to hit 50 pound lost mark.

Victoria- if I have to, I will road trip up there and crack the whip on you! For real! I have Thursday and Friday off this week. I think that's enough time to track you down and make you log your food! Yay for starting up P90X again!! I hope to be able to start that up again after the new year.

Rain- I'm a walmart shopper, so all this came from there. Great Value Dried Apples (it's in a resealable bag in the same area where dried prunes and peanuts are). Quaker Stila 80 Cal Packs Oat Cluster Bits with Strawberry (I think they also had a green apple flavor. Also in the same area as the Dried Apples). Great Value 90 Cal Blueberry Cereal Bar (OMG SO GOOD! near cereal). Great Value Low Fat Strawberry Fruit & Grain Bar (also near the cereal).

as for me: I went to the gym last night. 15 min elliptical, arms/abs weight machines, then another 15 min elliptical. I love that my gym enforces their rules. There was a lady on a stationary bike on her cell phone and the employee came over and told her she had to go to the lobby area to use her phone. Yeah, I'm in love with my gym lol. Cals were good, but sodium spanked me again. +2000mg over. It was the pepperoni's fault. Yall convinced me to make a "pizza" with my tortilla wrap, cheddar cheese and turkey pepperoni and then I dipped it in some Classico brand pizza sauce. OMG SO FREAKING GOOD and so easy in my toaster oven. I don't know why I don't use my toaster oven more often.

I'm a walmart shopper.

You have to be, as we have 4 within a 20 minute drive of each other...lol

Looks like a good week was had by all! :-)

*sheepish grin* Hi! I'm alive. It's been a hectic/crazy/insane time period for me! Still love all of ya...still praying all of you are doing well....I'm not so much...but I'm getting back to it! Really!! I'm just gonna lurk for this challenge, but I'm gonna get back to going. *hugs*

And no, we still have not closed on the house...the selling party f-ed up the paperwork. So my closing date of last Thursday didn't happen...will let you know more when it gets to that point. *sigh* So sorry to have just dropped off the face of the earth like that ladies! I DID finish my first 5K though! I ran/walked it in 43 minutes last Saturday! I miss you all! I'm glad I have some of you on FB, so you at least know I'm alive! )

Kristina, you missed me somehow. It was a gain, so I'm not crushed that I'm not on the list...

Will write more when I don't feel like dying. I've gotten some manner of random cold/crud and feel awful. Unfortunately, I'm at my desk instead of napping at home.