RED HIGH HEELS GROUP(WEEK 1&1/2)

So it's really hard for me to add time to my workout because I car pool. I can probably add 5-10 minutes max. If I take a walk around my complex for 10 minutes or so, would that count?

Katiebug- congrats on staying way under on your calories. I love it when I get home from work or the gym and crash so I don't eat dinner. I feel like I'm just adding an extra nudge to my weightloss. It's unintentional calorie cycling! :laugh:

Did great on the no bread challenge...and bread is my weakness. I haven't been eating great this week because I havn't been able to make it to the grocery store. Ran 3 miles yesterday so feeling good, going to try for another 3 miles today plus 15 mins of something extra for the challenge.

Checking in....

I did not do the challenge yesterday :ohwell: it's TOM and I get the worst cramps in the world so I sat at home with a heating pad and read. :frown:

I'm good with the no-bread today though, that's a pretty easy challenge for me :happy:

And the Saturday challenge will be changed with like the Sunday challenge cause I'm going out for Girl's Night Out which includes mexican food, rodeo and country dancing....I'm not a cowgirl but I'm gonna act like one!:devil:

I'm still going to weigh-in Thursday but I'm nervous since it's that time of the month and I retain a lot of water...so 10 glasses today and 10 glasses tomorrow to flush it out!!

OHHHH and 3 people today have told me I'm looking super skinny!! Love love love that! Especially when it's people who don't know I'm actually working out and eating right :laugh: :laugh:

Love you gals you are sooo motivating and make me feel so welcome! :flowerforyou:


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Hope your cramps get better SOON, girl!! I feel your pain...I don't have TOM anymore (YAY DEPO!!) which is a blessing but not something I want to do forever...but I get cramps like that...bedridden, heating pad on constantly-even while I sleep!! It shuts off automatically when it gets too hot so I can-and nothing but excedrin migraine or vicodin helps. :sad: It hurts to walk 10 ft to the bathroom so excercise is OUT of the question lol So I know how it is!!!! FEEL BETTER!!! And congrats on all the compliments you're getting!!!! :flowerforyou:

That's exactly how it is for me!!! It's ridiculous! Friends will say, just take extra strength midol....I'm like yeah, doesn't work

Eeww, I was like that too, before I had my babies. I don't know why, but I hardly have cramps at all after my kids....I don't understand but I'm not complaining!!! Anyway, hope you feel better soon!!

Mmmmm.... Another good morning. Rolled out of bed, wished DH happy anniversary (4 years today) and took the dog for a walk around the neighborhood. Met up with another german shepherd owner, and we walked together for a bit. Our dog is only 7, his dog is 11, and walks much much slower than us. Good thing we had already gone around the neighborhood once by the time we bumped into them... lol It stormed last night and the bugs were bad this morning. I've got tons of bites now.

Good breakfast of blueberries and Fage, although I was peeved to find the raspberries and blackberries had turned. I only ate some two days ago, and they we covered in mold today.... dang it! Not sure what I'm having for lunch, but I'm going to keep the calories low and nutrient level high, as we're going to a new restaurant for dinner to celebrate. It's an irish restaurant, so I have no idea what is available on the menu. Afterwards, out to a bar where we have a friend playing in a band, to watch him for a while. We're not big drinkers, so I'm not worried about blowing my calories there :laugh:

I did manage to get my wedding feet picture up! Yay me! Hope everyone has a good day today, I probably won't be on much, if at all.

The bread thing usually isnt very hard for me, until I heard we werent allowed bread.Then every meal yesterday i wanted something that had to do with bread. Ugh! Im ok now though. I woke up at 5 ( I dont know how yall wake up at 4, bless your hearts) and did my regular workout, I even got some yoga in there. I think for my 15 minutes of extra cardio i think I may go take a quick walk before it gets to hot. (it supposed to get 101 today). Have a great day.

i wasn't planning on doing any cardio today...thus! i am only gonna do 15 minutes to be fair

Same here. Today is Yoga day. I need a good stretch too, so that said I've decided to do the entire Rodney Yee dvd, Strength, Stamina and Flexibility in lieu of adding 15 mins cardio. I think that's fair. It will take me 1 1/2 hour to do all three whereas I usually do just one, two at most.

Hmm yes yoga sounds wonderful right now, and I think my mind is calm enough that I can have a nice session.

Samantha115, believe me, getting up at 4 am is NOT normal for me lol!! It is an ungodly hour and now that I am no longer active duty, and can sleep in however late I want, I stick to the firm belief of an old friend from Iraq: "McDonald's isn't even open yet!! WHY are we awake?!" :laugh: This week is a tad different as the hubby is on the rifle range all week, so I get up about 4:15 to make his lunch. Then I put my happy butt back to bed until at least 9:30!!! LOL!!!

Mmmmm.... Another good morning. Rolled out of bed, wished DH happy anniversary (4 years today) and took the dog for a walk around the neighborhood. Met up with another german shepherd owner, and we walked together for a bit. Our dog is only 7, his dog is 11, and walks much much slower than us. Good thing we had already gone around the neighborhood once by the time we bumped into them... lol It stormed last night and the bugs were bad this morning. I've got tons of bites now.

Good breakfast of blueberries and Fage, although I was peeved to find the raspberries and blackberries had turned. I only ate some two days ago, and they we covered in mold today.... dang it! Not sure what I'm having for lunch, but I'm going to keep the calories low and nutrient level high, as we're going to a new restaurant for dinner to celebrate. It's an irish restaurant, so I have no idea what is available on the menu. Afterwards, out to a bar where we have a friend playing in a band, to watch him for a while. We're not big drinkers, so I'm not worried about blowing my calories there :laugh:

I did manage to get my wedding feet picture up! Yay me! Hope everyone has a good day today, I probably won't be on much, if at all.

Congratulations! Happy anniversary!

You're pic is beautiful!

That's sounds delicious but I'm going to save it for another day. I had chili for dinner last night and again for lunch so another chili themed meal is a bit too much for me today. I think I might have BBQ chicken wings with Frank's hot sauce served with a veggie salad. Wings are not bad for dieters if they are done right, so of course, deepfrying is not recommended. But on the BBQ with a low or no cal sauce like Frank's or cooked on the Foreman Grill, the nutritional info isn't that bad. It's something like 189 for 5 big wings. Reasonable if you ask me.

do you take the skin off before you cook them? I love wings!

Where are the challenges - is today to add 10 minutes to your workout??

I don't take the skin off but I cook them thoroughly, until they stop dripping. So the fat is pretty much all gone. Yet they are most because of Frank's hot sauce.

Today's challenge is add 15 mins to cardio. The challenges I believe are listed on Page 2 of this thread, for the entire week. Tomorrow is no pasta. Friday is 8-8oz of water again. Sat is only drink water as beverage. Sunday... I can't remember off the top of my head.

Have a good day everyone.

wings are so good, can you buy frozen unbreaded wings at the store....that is crazy. i usually just buy them already sauced in the box. hungry girl has a great fake chicken wings recipe, i should try it later on.

Oh darn i need to create a book of recipes...ive lost all the ones i liked from years ago that were all really good and really healthy recipes :sad: :sad:

aw that sucks that you have to start from scratch, but it could be fun and a new begining! i think im gonna make one, itll be like a hobby, ill put them in a cute scrapbook! excited.

I need to do this too! I'm always at a loss as to what to make for dinner and esp. now that I'm eating healthier. For the first time ever it actually sounds like a fun project!
Checking in:
I did fine yesterday. No bread and under my cals. Oh! and I drank all my H2O too :drinker:. Not sure what kind of workout to do today. 15extra seems like a lot to me, my lazy self usually only works out 20 mins a day if I'm lucky. Perhaps I'll shoot for a workout vid. and a walk.