Over 200 Club Week 9 and PUMP IT UP!!

It seems my first post here (page 2) got a little buried :laugh:

But I went out walking today and I had my AIM away message set up so I could calculate how much time I walked...I went out the door at 12:33pm (EST) and came back in at 1:37pm (EST)!!! That's the longest I've ever walked in my life...and I was walking and pumping my handweights with me at the same time...so I can definitely say I've burned some calories today, and I haven't even done 30-Day Shred yet today!! :happy:

It seems my first post here (page 2) got a little buried :laugh:

But I went out walking today and I had my AIM away message set up so I could calculate how much time I walked...I went out the door at 12:33pm (EST) and came back in at 1:37pm (EST)!!! That's the longest I've ever walked in my life...and I was walking and pumping my handweights with me at the same time...so I can definitely say I've burned some calories today, and I haven't even done 30-Day Shred yet today!! :happy:

Good for you!!! Set a goal of how many minutes you plan to exercise this week and make sure you meet it at the end of the week. You already have 64 minutes towards this weeks possible goal. Well that is if you want to set a goal and keep track of your exercise minutes. That is our challenge for this week

Hello everyone, i didnt post my weigh in results yesterday. im sad to say i am at 218 n0w which means i gained 3.2 lbs:frown:

i do not know wat i did wrong, i have been working hard and eating healthy:grumble: but i guess i jus have to work harder.

i jus finished doing day 6 of the shred and i feel great:drinker:

good luck:flowerforyou:

I gained a pound this week so I feel your pain. Better luck this coming week hon! :bigsmile:

Thanks for welcoming me into your group!! I will try my best!! Have a GREAT week!!

Good for you!!! I know that you can do this.

Awestfall, portion control works. I know that you can do this. I understand this, we have 4 kids and 1 income. It can be tough, but it can be done.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am leaving next weekend and I will not be back until June 22. I am going to church camp. I have no control over what my meals will be . I am hoping that some of the skills I have learned in the last few months will help me stick to the plan next week, I too will have to depend totally on portion control and I will not have mfp to help me count my calories. I will be exercising everyday as well so I am quite confident that I will do well. Even if I do not lose weight I would like to maintain. I will be checking in this week but I will be unable to next week. almost 8 days away from a computer. I think it will be good for me and the kids, no tv ,no computers . I am actually looking forward to this. I probably will not be checking in too much this week because I will be preparing for this trip. My husband is staying home so I will also be preparing for him to be home a whole week without his momma to take care of him:laugh: :laugh:

I hope this is alright to post here...if not feel free to delete it or I will...whatever.

Anyway I just wanted to offer my knowledge to anyone who would like it? I'm no health expert but I did have to lost over 200 pounds at one point and I am now down to only needing to lose 74. I'm not gonna lie it's very hard but I lost the 100+ in a little over a year in a completely healthy fashion. I just want to let everyone know it is more then possible! If you need an ear, some advice, support...whatever....feel free to msg me.:flowerforyou:

Okay, where is everyone?:sad: :sad:

:flowerforyou: I'm here ... struggling with food choices this week, and trying to figure out when I can get my exercise in. My kids (15 & 8) just started summer break yesterday and now every day will be a challenge with figuring out what camp/when & where, or play dates, or practices, or whatever plans and where I need to drive them each day before/after work and what they need to have ready for the day. My husband has a long commute so is pretty much out of the picture for helping with driving, plus I'm the 'family planner' who does all the organizing.
What I have trouble with is planning for myself. I need to take time to think about what I need for each day to be succesfull with food and exercise ... I think I'm ready for school to start again so I can have my routine back!:sad:

I am so glad you are here:flowerforyou: I am getting ready for a week long trip where I have no control over the meals. I will be trying to do this by portion control only.

I understand the whole getting out of a schedule thing. I know that you can do this though. It is real hard because our kids do not want to eat what we are eating. And constantly being on the run can wreak havoc in our exercise routine. I feel ya sister .


I can so relate to being the family planner too. My husband is not going on the trip with us and he is somewhat of a............... what is the right word, baby ...... so I have to make sure that he has all his meals planned so that he will eat while I am gone.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Maybe I should hire someone to come by and feed him and the dog every day:laugh: :laugh: He would probably get mad at me for saying all this but he does depend on me a lot. I also depend on him being a sahm he takes care of all of us financially, so I do not mind being the one to take care of the home things. He is also a wonderful husband, when we met I was thin and pretty, now I am twice the woman(literally:laugh: ) than I use to be and he still makes me feel like that beautiful young girl I was when we met.,,,, anyways I got off the subject, sorry.

Again, I am so glad you are here and I wish you luck this summer. I will be rooting for ya:flowerforyou:

Thank You!!!! :flowerforyou:

glad to have you, welcome to our group:flowerforyou:

No weight lost this week:grumble: I will see you all in about 10days. Have a wonderful week and good luck on that weight loss.:flowerforyou:

Hi everyone I had an awesome week, down 3.5 pounds! and I blew my exercise goal out of the water, I was aiming for 350 min, and actually did 564 min!

I will aim for 500 min this week.

Wow Jennifer!
Way to go!

Hey everyone,

I would like to join...I am at an all time high on my weight. I think the weigh-ins and encouragement would help me.

SW - 240
CW - 240
GW - 150 (May 23, 2010)

Thanks,
Christy

I didn't lose much last week - down .4 lbs, but another small step in the right direction - so I'm ok with that. I know I need to buckle down and get my eating more under control. I did reach my exercise goal of 270 minutes (which doesn't seem like much compared to some of you - but it was a challenge for me to fit in the time ... it was great having that goal set because I made myself get out and walk around the block at a park while my kids played there, so that I could do the last 45 minutes to reach my weekly goal!).

This week is going to be even more challenging to get my exercise time in because I'm going to be driving kids around mornings and nights all week ... but I am going to figure out a way to do it and add 30 minutes to last weeks goal... so this week's goal will be 300 minutes.
I also am committing to making better food choices this week and keeping my calories under 1700 each day.