April~ Biggest Loser DVDs / Challenges (New Members welcome!

*shakes everybody's hands* hi my name is jennny and I am a carb addict.....It all started when I was 2 years old and my grandma made bread........:bigsmile: :laugh: :laugh:

I have a big thing about the whole carbs issue. I DON"T watch them. Now I am soooooooooo not saying that that it is right to do this. BUT, for me I just cant. I have cut way back though. What I usually have is my "hay" in the morning. My hubby calls my all bran cereal hay hahaha what a farm boy! and I top it with a tsp of sugar (only 15 cals). Just a quick plug for the cereal, if anyone is having....ya know....ummmm "problems" with umm....stuff....this is sooooooooo going to cure what ails ya and it DOES help with weight loss amazingly enough! Seriously. But it isn't a cereal everybody can just eat out of the box. Everybody that I know has to make bran muffins out of it....But anyway back to the carbs.. that brings me already up to like 90 carbs.....just for the mornign!!! Lunch I usually have a big huge salad and if I don't have any protein in it like chicken or egg then i eat 2 pieces of whole wheat toast....which brings up the carb count YET again.....but it helps me feel fuller til snack...and I usually have a grapefruit or apple with it. For snack I usually have grapefruit, or a 100 cal snack, or....a piece of whole wheat toast (depending on the excersise I have done for the day) and for supper usually 1/2 my plate is veggies, portion of meat and some sort of starch for the rest of my plate....for 8:00 snack usually a grapefruit.....So you see that I am a carb addict!!!!!!!!! I am usually over between 15-35 depending.....but I made the decision when I started that I was going to have to do a lifestyle where I could live with it and be happy. Carbs make me happy. i no longer eat like 8 peices of toast in a day but I do like to have my 2 pieces with either lunch or supper hahaha. I think that we all have to remember that we have to LIVE with these choices for our whole lives if we are goign to be successful! I probalby could lose faster but I am pretty happy with where I am:happy:

With that stuff said you girls are friggin AWESOME holy weight loss batman! Bring on the challenges I am ready!!!!! seriously you are all an inspiratation for me to keep on GOING!!!!

some sad news for me....*shakes head* don't worry nothing major but just kind of shocked. most of you know I have my sis in law as an excersise buddy. She had lost like40 pounds. We were doing good...this winter we both kind of fell off the wagon....well I was more like not quite off the wagon just being dragged from behind it trying to hold on...:laugh: ...I noticed she was gaining a little and she would tell me and I would say ohhh it is ok we will work it off don't get too down.....but she kept going up.....i didn't know what to say. This feb I hopped back up on the wagon again and really tried to push....and she has kind of been "fighting'" me the whole way. Not actually fighting hahaha but you know making excuses and saying ohhh I am tired lets skip today...that type of stuff. So I would say ok and then I of course would excersise at home....so I started to lose again a pound here and there....and she was pretty quiet when I would tell her or say well don't concentrate so much on teh scale....not trying to down me or anything but at the same she was.....*sigh* I have been completely honest with her, we always told each other what our weights were for teh last like 2 years....and I KNEW we must be getting close to the same weight because she was pretty quiet....she came clean with me yesterday. She is 190. She started at 198.5 OHHHHHHH I am so sad and almost feel guilty! I know I know I shouldn't, but I do. I am almost 20 pounds lighter than her! What can I do to get her back on track!!! She is starting to look at these "miracle" pills and everything and just wants to lose fast so she can get back on track....When she is doing good she doesn't eat enough cals and then the next day she binges on something like donuts or cookies. SHE knows better!!! She got down to like 155!!!!!!! This scares me. What if I do the same thing????? Won't anybody tell me???? She was wearing size 8 in half of her clothes!!!! now she is squeezing her 12's becuase she gave all her 14s to me long time ago.....ohhhhh what a bad thing....I told her about this website but she says that "she" coudlnt do it. Well I will tell you that with this website and your motivation I am dropping! Can't she see that?"???? So anyways...that is just something that is sad to me. And I know that she brought me down a bit becuase of it. But I decided that I had to move on. I maintained my weight for more than 1/2 a year, but I am not happy there I want to get lower and healthier. I just wish she would get back on board with me!!!!

ok I need to get goign hahah enough whining!

OHHHH btw Sauls meeting went really good. The principal over the elementary tried to say that the whole mess with art was a "miscommunication" and I said that NO it wasn't . It was a case of a teacher discriminating against a child becuase she didin't want to be bothered with adapting her teaching. My Hubby might have gotten a little more heated than I hee hee good for him....hahah that is why i brought him he gets things moving! I am too nice I think. anyways I started tearing up when I was talking about how I fet about the whole situation and todd had to smile becuase all the women started to cry too!!! Poor todd and the principal (the only men in the room) and a pregnant woman too boot was there as well! hahahah But we have gotten alot ironed out and they have the whole summer to deal with what needs to be done. We told them that we will give them one more year to fix the problems and if they don't we are moving him to a different school.

SOOOOOO that went good and I am glad that it is over!!!!

well goign to clean my car out quick and head into the "big city" hahah going to alex and shop a bit hahah get the oil changed....*rolls eyes* sometimes I hate living 45 minutes from a decent place to go!!! but I do like the quiet!!!

loves to all and congrats to all on a great week done!!

jenny

Mina, you're freakin' fabulous too!!

Crystal, enjoy your shroom hunting! That sounds like fun! It'll be interesting to see how many cals your burn & just how sore your hammies are going to be from all the bending! I hope Cali's soccer game goes/went well!! :drinker:

Laura, smoothies do sound like a great idea!! I used to drink whey protein shakes years back, I'll have to get back into that. It'd be a great way to fill in those extra calories left over in the evenings!

Amanda, can you do seeds?? You mentioned sunflower seeds (love 'em btw) but what about pine nuts?? They work well on salads & for snacking. So sorry about your little one's allergy. I waited like over a year before I even let MJ (3 now) have PB because I was afraid of a bad reaction! Thankful to say she's okay! But, I don't think that I've given Gabby any PB yet too (she's 14 months). I have to get on that! I'd like to be parked outside of the ER & have a dose of Benedryl at the ready!! :frown:

Connie, hang in there!! Change things up if you have to!! Work harder, longer & stronger! You are worth it! ** gives a high 5 **

Jenny, sorry to hear about your SIL's gain. It's sad isn't it! I'm going through the same thing with my hubby. He just isn't in the "mode" right now & I have to just be patient & see him through this time. It'll come, I hope & he'll decide when he's ready. It's tough though because we're all feeling so great, so healthy & we want to fix everyone!! It takes hard work & dedication - if only everyone would get with it! You'll get there Jenny & you'll be okay! You won't go back! You've worked so hard & you know what it takes to get there! We're all here for you & we won't let you slip! Let's make a deal.. you tell me if my *kitten* starts to spread & I'll tell you!! LOL!! :laugh: ((( HUGS))) Glad things went well at the principals office! Only sorry that you had to go through it.

Okay, I gotta go get some work done!! Have a great day & weekend people!

What do you guys normal do for challenges? I've only been around a couple weeks.

Laura- we have done things like jumping jacks, sit ups, push ups, crunches. You can make the challenge anything you want. I have thought about making a food type challenge or something just to change it up. It is your week you do what challenge you want to do

Crystal- Sorry to hear that Maeve is sick! I hope that she gets to feel better! How sad that you missed your mushroom hunting, hope next week works out for ya. Cali looks like she had a lot of fun playing soccor


Well I think I am going to rest again today. I had this odd brown spotting yesterday every time I went pee. I am not pregnant as I was just supposed to ovulate on friday (I chart my cycles). Not sure if maybe I hurt myself working out on thursday I used double the weight in my workouts. I have no pain and it seems to not be happy yet this morning. So I think one more day of rest will do me good. Sadly I was nervous yesterday about what was going on with that come the end of the day I did not make great food choices. I let it get the best of me! I WILL do better today!!!!

Hope you ladies have a great day!
Amanda

Amanda,

I'm sorry, but I have no idea what your spotting could mean. Maybe you did overdo it with your workout. I would recommend that you call your OB/GYN & talk to a nurse. Give her all your symptoms & ask her what she thinks. Maybe even mention about the insurance thing & see what they can recommend for you regarding that. I would imagine that they may want to see you, but then again, maybe they'll just have you keep an eye on it. I really don't know, but I really do think that you should take it seriously & call your Dr right away.

Please keep us updated.

Thank you so much! I am for sure going to call the dr in the AM. Thank you for the article too

Well I did reach one of my goals. Today was my daughter's baptism and I did get to fit in my black preprego pants. They actually felt comfy. I have a long way to go still but this felt great. The numers drop isn't the same as fitting in a pair of pants that I I used to fit in a long time ago. Yé for me!

I put a challenge up. Hopefully it works for you guys I wasn't really sure what to put. So I finally get to meet with my trainer for the first time tomorrow. I was so sad I had to cancel last week cause of that flu I had. And of course now I've got a sinus infection LOL Oh well, I'll just have to live through it while being sick. I'm still really excited get to do it though, it will hurt so good LOL

AWESOME challenge Laura!!!

Crystal- I am glad that you were able to still go Morale hunting, sorry you did not find any!

Ok I called the dr. They said that they think it is jut ovulation bleeding and the fact that I have dropped 38lbs, exercise like a machine (lol her words gosh maybe you are all on to somethine) and have changed my diet 180 degrees has put my hormones in a spin. They said just keep going on with my life and if it gets worse, red or continues on past thursday to call them back. But she said she did not think it would come to that.

I decided to start working out again but this week I think I am going to stick to yoga and my turbo jam ab at least until the bleeding has stopped. I can't go on any longer with out exercising. It has been since thursday and I am about to go nuts lol.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Amanda

I put a challenge up. Hopefully it works for you guys I wasn't really sure what to put. So I finally get to meet with my trainer for the first time tomorrow. I was so sad I had to cancel last week cause of that flu I had. And of course now I've got a sinus infection LOL Oh well, I'll just have to live through it while being sick. I'm still really excited get to do it though, it will hurt so good LOL

Laura, great challenge! I'm really going to get in those pushups!! I really need to get back to doing those again! I hope things go well with your trainer! ENJOY!!

I keep forgetting to ask where everyone is from. I'm from Alaska and I always notice I'm on here later than everyone else cause of the time difference LOL

Well I am definitely feeling a ton of muscles that I had forgotten even existed LOL Its a great feeling to know I worked hard.

Crystal- Yeah we should start a May one. This one is getting super long now I am having the same issues with my TOM too. Not fun. I've gained some weight back, but as long as I keep sticking to what I've been doing, I should keep losing.

I hope everyone feels better soon.

Well sadly I won't be able to watch BL tonight but I'm recording it. My fiance comes home tonight and I haven't seen him in a week and a half so I will be driving 50 miles to the airport when the show is on to pick him up, but I should be able to watch it in a couple days.

Today will be a rest day for me, then back to the gym tomorrow to do my new workout on my own.