STARS 9 WEEK CHALLENGE (CLOSE GROUP) WK 3

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  • RhondaLeeRoss
    RhondaLeeRoss Posts: 186
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    I was raised in a very religious household, but as an adult, I haven't been an active member of any church. I still consider myself a faithful person though. Since staring this challenge, I've come across several women who put their trust in God. I like to read one of their ticker quotes....I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. This statement is so true....in every aspect of my life.

    I totally agree!
  • starsnyc21
    starsnyc21 Posts: 436 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    Courtney from last season of the Biggest Loser was such a inspiration. Being so young and making a decision to lose 200 lbs, really help me to reflect on my own life. I was really in aww of her. She said "Trust in the Process, Believe in Yourself & Be Patient". I have to remind myself that losing weight is a process, a mental, spiritual and physical transformation of one self. You have to retrain your brain to relate to food, fitness and your environment. And it's not an easy process but if you believe in yourself and be patient the transformation will eventually happen.
  • NaomiLyn15
    NaomiLyn15 Posts: 388 Member
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    Pay off all my debt.... I know I am boring. but, that would be the first thing.
    Then I would go shopping, lord knows I need clothes (everything is too big)
    I would buy a new car - Volvo C70 Hardtop convertable
    Go on a major vacation!!!
  • NaomiLyn15
    NaomiLyn15 Posts: 388 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    I honestly don't have one. As I mentioned before, my self talk is pretty negative. So, the phrase I tell myself to keep me going is always "you aren't perfect yet, get your butt to the gym". Not very positive, but it works for me. :laugh:
  • mrivera713
    mrivera713 Posts: 232 Member
    QOTD Wednesday 10.12.2011 - What have you accomplished since your journey began that you could not do before? List as many accomplishments as you can think of!

    Getting under 200lbs was the biggest! Being able do do pushups (yes girly, but still I can do over 15 of them!) now. Going for a walk with the dog and not wanting to die.

    if you can do 15 girly pushups you can probably do one regular one -- the way i moved up was I'd do as many regulars as I could (so like, 1 or 2 in the beginning) and then drop to my knees when I needed to and finsih them on my knees.

    Nice! I never thought about graduating to a regular push up... I was planning to do girly push ups for the rest of my life.... I have a goal guys! Watch out! You know how I get with goals! giggle.... ~high five~

    yeah! by the time you catch up we can start working on doing them with our legs elevated, or with a little hop off the ground (with your hands) when you come up, or up on pushup bars! You will be my pushup sister!! (I'm a big believer in exercises that work a lot of muscles at once - like pushups do arms, shoulders, chest, back, stomach, some lower body)

    I'm scared of you now! I am scared of P90X cause of that part where he is in a push up stance and then jumps up to clap his hands. Taking his entire body off the ground... O.O How in the world???????
  • mrivera713
    mrivera713 Posts: 232 Member
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    1. Pay my tithes and offerings first.
    2. Pay my taxes.
    3. Pay off my bills including my student loans and my personal loans

    I would need guidance for the rest of the money. I have kids who need to go to college, I have parents who need a nice and safe place to retire, I have friends who I would like to thank for sticking by me... and I would love to be financially free for the rest of my life. I would speak with a financial advisor to help me figure that all out...



    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    I have a few:

    1. We/I Got THIS!
    2. We can Do THIS!
    3. Losing weight, ON PURPOSE!
    4. One pound/step/day at a time.
    5. WTG!
  • starsnyc21
    starsnyc21 Posts: 436 Member
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    1. Pay off all debts
    2. Money's gone, now what??? JUST KIDDING
    3. Go on a trip with the whole family
    4. Sell my house and buy one on the lake!
    5. Put the rest away for a rainy day.

    FUN QUESTION!

    Funny, that's why I would skip the bill paying..lol:laugh:
  • sboo
    sboo Posts: 170 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    My, trainer tells me often "You are what you eat". Eating healthy is a big deal for me. I am learning. :happy:
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    I don't have one and I'm honestly not terribly motivated these days - not that I don't want to keep losing, but I don't care how fast it happens anymore because I have been eating a lot more (still under maintenance mostly) and I am SO HAPPY. So I don't care if it takes all year now - For a while I was like "nnnngh why isn't this happening FASTER" but now I feel pretty good. Sure I have lots of fat to lose still but I have a lot more energy and I'm healthier when I eat more.


    Mmmmm Foods.
  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?
    Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. If you bite it you must write it.
  • legacysh
    legacysh Posts: 464
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?
    Pay off my house and car and book my trip away for a couple of weeks with my dear husband. Then I would help my son get a new car. lastly, I would sit down with the songwriting team at my recording studio and bust through the production of the songs we have been toying with, but do not enough capital to get them recorded yet.... (yes I would still work at my job)

    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?


    If you don't try, it will always be a failure! A friend on here told me that and it stuck. So each day might be a new attempt at doing things right, and I might not make it, but if I don't even attempt, I know I wont make it.
  • ChatSournois
    ChatSournois Posts: 34
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    - Take half and divide it up between my family & extended family.

    - Pay off the rest of my mortgage.

    - Bank the rest and live a happy life for a while, with no scrimping!


    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    'Mind over matter'. You can do anything if you can just get your head around it!
  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    I posted this on my wall, but wasn't sure if I am missing anyone as a friend:

    Good morning everyone! Micah and I left on vacation yesterday and discovered that my internet access is going to be much more limited than I thought. I am going to do my best to get on as much as possible, but my activity will be limited. I unfortunately do not have access to a scale either, which will be hard for me. I like having that feedback each morning on how well I am doing.

    I am going to weigh in this morning, but as I don't have a scale, it will be Thursday's weight. I hoping everyone (including me) does well over the next week!
  • KatrinaG2012
    KatrinaG2012 Posts: 354 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    It doesn't matter how slow you run your still lapping the guy on the couch.
  • KatrinaG2012
    KatrinaG2012 Posts: 354 Member
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    1. Give 10% to my church and charities.
    2. Take the best husband ever on the trip of his dreams.
    3. Buy a piece of bay front property on Cape San Blas.
    4. Buy a piece of mountain property in western NC or eastern TN.
    5. Take my sister to Anguilla for a week.
  • nenabug
    nenabug Posts: 156
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    Buy a house, pay off our debt and my mother's, give 10% to church, and buy mom a new vehicle.

    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    "It doesn't necessarily matter where you are, but the path you're headed on."
    "I can do ALL things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
  • luvmybee
    luvmybee Posts: 58 Member
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    I would hire a personal chef. I am terrible at cooking, and even though we are not going out very much anymore, my version of cooking includes microwaving things. I'm finding there is a lot of sodium in those foods.

    Plus, I just hate cooking. I don't have a lot of energy for it with everything else going on.
  • luvmybee
    luvmybee Posts: 58 Member
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    As of right now, I don't have a motivational phrase. I clearly need one though LOL! When I lost all of that weight before I did have a motivational phrase, but I don't remember what it was :( Hopefully it will come to me sometime soon!
  • RhondaLeeRoss
    RhondaLeeRoss Posts: 186
    Looking forward to todays QOTD!!! :)
  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    Missed this yesterday, sorry!

    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    Take it one day at a time. If you screw up, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again today - not tomorrow, not Monday, not next week - TODAY! Don't stress over the guilt of the choices you made yesterday, and don't worry if you will stick with your goal tomorrow. Worry about this day, this meal, this bite - make the best choices you can for right now!!!
  • mariahhatfield
    mariahhatfield Posts: 40
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    - Go and pay off my rent all the way until my lease is up.

    - Buy a halloween costume!


    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    - I wish I could find one. I have those mornings that are extra motivation for me when I feel extra chubby, but other than that, I just keep pushing.
  • jnell82
    jnell82 Posts: 136
    :( Sorry everyone...

    QOTD Wednesday 10.12.2011 - What have you accomplished since your journey began that you could not do before? List as many accomplishments as you can think of!

    I can do push ups for a minute straight twice :(
    10 min. walking at a very brisk pace on the tredmill
    Tell people how I am losing weight the right (slow lol) way
    Drink 12 glasses of water in less than 24 hours
    Feel good about myself (it has been a very long time!)
  • jnell82
    jnell82 Posts: 136
    QOTD Thursday - Just posting a fun question for the day. If you woke up with a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow. What would be the first thing you do with the money?

    Take it out before they find their mistake! LOL but seriously there is the obvious buy the perfect house, put a lump sum back for kids, pay off all debt (student loans, credit cards) and invest.

    The old me really really wants to say surgery... lipo, breast reduction, shoot maybe even a nose job. The new me says a nutritionist and a personal trainer and a new wardrobe when the old one doesn't fit.

    Of course all this comes AFTER I get back from Italy :)
  • jnell82
    jnell82 Posts: 136
    Friday, Oct 14 QOTD: Is there a motivational type of phrase that really seems to "hit home" with you - and helps keep you on a successful weight loss path?

    "There is no modification to the jumping jack. I have 300 pound people that can do jumping jacks, so can you." Since the first time I heard Jillian say this doing 30 DS, it just gets me pumped. I have never watched Biggest Loser, but it reminds me that there are people bigger than me and more out of shape than me that can work out to Jillian and they have seen fantastic results. If they can do this, so can I!
  • SarahMorganP
    SarahMorganP Posts: 921 Member
    OMG!!! I was supposed to do Sat QOTD!!! I was sitting here all day waiting for it to be posted and it never crossed my mind until today that I was the one who was supposed to post it! I am SO SORRY!!!

    Saturday (a day late) October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    I want a tummy tuck when I am done really bad. I doubt I will ever have the money, but if I did I would have it in a second.
  • starsnyc21
    starsnyc21 Posts: 436 Member
    Saturday (a day late) October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    Thanks Sarah for post the QOTD.

    I would only consider plastic surgery if I found that my arms were still really big and flabby.
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    I am hoping there won't be loose hanging skin but if there is (and I wait out the full year or 18months to see if it shrinks on its own) then yes I'd want to get rid of that. The rest of me is fine
  • RhondaLeeRoss
    RhondaLeeRoss Posts: 186
    Saturday (a day late) October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    NO! The good Lord made me this body, I'm not gonna screw around with it. That's like saying He didn't do a very good job. HOWEVER.....if I had lost a large amound of pounds and needed skin taken care of I would do that!
  • legacysh
    legacysh Posts: 464
    Saturday (a day late) October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    Yes and I did. For me it was time to put my very deflated boobs back into a place where they should be. After losing over 100pounds two times, gravity has not been kind. I am only in my mid forties, I shouldnt have to dread looking at myself in the mirror each morning for the next 40 or so years. I definately made the right decision for ME!

    Each person is different, and I would not reccommend it with out some stability in your goal weight.
  • 6eighteen11
    6eighteen11 Posts: 59
    Saturday (a day late) October 15 QOTD: When you get to your goal weight (and money was no problem) would you consider having any plastic surgery?

    I would probably consider it. I'm very very VERY small on top. I mean, could go without a bra small. I have full hips, so to me my body has always felt disproportionate. I'd love to have some real feminine curves and love my WHOLE body. If I do all the work to get a rocking body, I'd consider treating myself to the one thing diet and exercise can't help me with.
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