Summer 2009 WILL Be Different Challenge!

Since my last post I lost 1.5 pounds...now I am down to 134.5. I have been trying to get below that pesky 135 for awhile now and I finally broke through. Barely...:laugh:

I am going to sign up to run the 5K for Relay for Life in May and am going to start training right away. I used to run cross country in high school, so hopefully I can channel that energy and motivation and get a good time! :bigsmile: And it's for a great cause!

I haven't lost anymore weight this week but I have done sooo much better with everything. I started drinking my water again and got back onto eating better so that's a plus. We also invested in a Wii. I am going to look into the fitness games for it soon. I played last night until my arm and back hurts. It was so much fun though. I am wanting to check out the Jillian Michaels game for the Wii. I hope everyone is doing good this week!! Good luck to all!!!!

I haven't lost anymore weight this week but I have done sooo much better with everything. I started drinking my water again and got back onto eating better so that's a plus. We also invested in a Wii. I am going to look into the fitness games for it soon. I played last night until my arm and back hurts. It was so much fun though. I am wanting to check out the Jillian Michaels game for the Wii. I hope everyone is doing good this week!! Good luck to all!!!!

Ooh I'm so jealous!!! i want a wii. every 10 year old i know has one, and for some reason i don't :grumble: oh well. here's to a good weekend everyone! :drinker:

Good morning! Just got back from the gym where I killed myself on arms and cardio but it felt great! Have a busy day planned so hopefully that will help control the eating. Going to a wedding tonight and I am a bit concerned about the food....:grumble: I have been doing well the past couple of days and really don't want to screw it up. I want the scale to go down this week!!!

Good luck (hoping the food isn't all that good at the wedding)

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doing pretty well so far. Last night I could feel boredom coming on which was about to mean "hey, why not eat!" but I managed to get to bed early with good book and a bottle of water instead. I think I need to rearrange my schedule or something so I'm doing something productive or fun during the evenings or I just go to bed earlier! Evenings are my roughest time for me. Also, I've been taking a rather intense yoga workshop at 4 p.m. each day that is 90 minutes long. By the time i get home it's six and I'm pooped and starving. So i start eating....and sometimes can't get stopped. I think it would be better for me to take a later class in the day...maybe that will be my personal challenge this next week.

Have a great rest of your weekend everyone.

i love my yoga class but it's bikram yoga (done in 105 degree room for 90 minutes at a rather intense pace). I find it very very challenging but very rewarding. For me, I had a lot of aches and pains in general and then, in particular, with any exercise. But something about the heated room allows me to get much more range of motion and I really feel like my body is healing not to mention I'm seeing some definition that I haven't seen for 30 years! I'm taking a 60 day challenge where I go for the 90 minute class every day for 60 days in a row. I'm learning a LOT about dedication and determination. I won't go this much after the 60 days is up. I just want to see if I can do it. Everytime I do something I didn't think I could do, it carries over into the rest of my life's possibilities. (I was NEVER athletic as a kid because I just didn't think I was!) Now I'm learning I am what I think I am so I'm trying to change my thinking!

P.S. even though I've changed my eating habits way for the better too (through mfp), I'm not sure I would have dropped the weight i fif sincd january without that class. Plus I really have to eat healthy to keep up the stamina for the class so it's worked out for the better all around.

take care

I was really really really bad this weekend....too much wine..too much food......shame on me!

Tomorrow is a new day....will get back on track.


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hi lauren

don't know if this will help but sometimes I enter all my meals ahead of time on mfp to add up to my daily allotment. So when I've eaten all my meals, I know I'm out of calories. When I enter what I've eaten in a day at the end of the day, I often go over.

Hope that helps.

I think mostly we just need to be patient with ourselves, try something new when we get stuck...experiment and try to enjoy the journey. best wishes

Hi guys! I'm gonna be Leo the Late Bloomer here and join this group if it's still ok. :happy:

My starting weight was 250.2
I'm 5'9
My goal for now is to get down to 200.

I'll re-evaluate then. As for the goal by April 30, I would like to be down 15lbs.

i don't necessarily have a goal weight, i just want a perfectly flat tummy. it has a little pudge right now. i also want my thighs to be more toned. i want to be rockin the bikini come summer

i want to eat right now but dont need to and am gonna hold off till dinner! ah i hope anyways,n:laugh: talk to you guys later

Had a MUCH better day today...i think my mini-roadtrip got me off schedule and I ended up relaxing my diet after that.....

But today was a good one..worked out...ate well...yay! My friend made a "you look thinner" comment today which was FANTASTIC :happy:



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Isn't it awesome when that happens?!? Congratulations!!! :drinker:

Weekends seems to be a downfall for almost everyone...I know it is for me. Last Saturday, I kept saying to myself that I wasn't going to eat junk...but guess what..I DID..I started to make chocolate molds for my son's birthday party...one broken chocolate lead to another and so on...I don't think that this weekend is going to be much better...the birthday party is this weekend..there is going to be lots of junk around. I have to make this week count..i guess...

I went to the gym tonight....did 30 minutes on the arctrainer, 20 minutes of strenght training and 10 minutes of abs.

~ I just calculated my pentage of weight lost: 15.0%
~ I used to have knee problems, since joining the gym and losing the weight...not a problem anymore
~ Couldn't play with my children for a long period of time, but now I can
~ Clothes that a friend gave me two years ago (at the time it was to small or tight) now they are the right size or too big

For anyone who is keeping up with their challenges ~~~Good Luck!

Afternoon everyone! Its so hard to get back in to the flow of things once you have not logged on for awhile im trying though! Heres to this weeks weigh in :drinker:

lauren, you might try investing in a brita or other brand water filter pitcher. I too quit doing bottled water cause it was so expensive and because of all the plastic i was helping to send to our landfills. I now filter water, pour it into glass juice jars I keep in the refig and add a slice of lemon to them because that makes me love the taste. Then, when I need a bottle to go, I just fill up my stainless steel water bottle with lemon water from the refrig and go. good luck!

I can't agree more. I have to admit though...I still buy bottled water for a quick take when I run out. Mostly convenience. But the fact that I have my Pur at home just makes it easier for me to just pour it out of the fridge. Before I was spending about 25 dollars a month on water and now I spend about 5. Totally worth it! :flowerforyou:

Daily Check in: calories good, exercise could of been better...i canceled my workout plan after a friend called and suggested a walk instead.....so i didn't do an intense workout like I planned...BUT we did walk to a store and I got a new necklace So could have been a worse day :glasses:

Weigh-in day is sooo close :noway:


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