20 th July new group

Patty, we will all be praying for you. Hope your visit will not be too stressful. Take it each day as it comes. Sorry to hear the H1N1 news. Yes it is very scary.
I talked to a friend about P90X. She said it is a tough workout but does give great results. The premise of the program is to Vary your workouts. You do a different workout everyday...e.g. Cardio, Weight Training, Yoga/this is to cause "muscle confusion". I am going to try a version of my own and try to do different workouts throughout the week.

Yahoo!!! I lost a pound after 3 weeks of staying the same I've finally lost :happy:

Good luck with your weigh ins

I lost one pound which I am very happy with seeing as it is that time of the month!

I have done p90x. It is tough, at least one hour per day commitment. I want to restart it, once the kids are in school. It is very important though to eat right when doing it because it requires so much energy!

Everyone have a great day!

Jennie

Hello All,

Just want to check in. I am 4lbs down this week. I'm sure part of it is due to the excess water weight that I am releasing. Either way...I am happy. I hope everyone else had a good week.

Hello everyone I am down 0 pounds and up 0 pounds. I have to say that I am in a fitness and weight loss slump. I feel like I don't want to have anything to do with healthy eating or exercise

ENCOURAGEMENT PLEASE I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS SLUMP!!!!!!!

To everyone who lost weigh CONGRATULATIONS and keep up the good work.

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Close but no cigar..I am down to 201.1...a 2.2 loss ...maybe next week I will be under 200..

although..I first started my weight loss journey on Dec 29,2008...That was the first day we unwrapped the Wii fit and I stepped on it!! I was absolutely shocked as I had no scale in my home and had no idea I had gained that much weight after I quit smoking...I knew I gained some..but didn't actually know how much..

We had a room full of people as It was my husbands birthday and we were trying out the Wii fit for the first time...all I knew was that it was a Hula Hoop balance board thing...NO IDEA it was making a profile of me and was a scale!!! Imagine my shock as this scale came up on the screen as I am surrounded by a room full of people...I had NEVER been so embaassed my life...not only did the scale show my weight for all to see..my little Wii fit person went from a trim cutiepatootie to this round girl who's arms stuck straight out because she was so heavy!! I kept telling everyone that I had gained 15 lbs but it was more like 25..LOL...Good thing I am a good sport but I knew then and there that it was time for a change and that I was going to give it my all...I was 241.2 when I stepped on it for the first time back in December and I was 201.1 this morning....That was not the starting weight that I put down for MFP...I put down the weight that I was when I first came here ( Maybe I should change it...what do you think?) ...I did join a Biggest Loser Challenge with work back in January and did manage to lose 19lbs prior to joining here but MFP this gave me the boost and Knowledge I needed...Yes I was losing weight but very slowly...I wasn't calculating excercise/calories correctly so I as losing at a snails pace...but in reality I am actually down 40 lbs since December ..so even though I did not break 200..I did hit a milestone for me today!!! I must say I LOVE MFP..I am additced...I love the fact that we are all here for the same reason...for a change towards a healthier life!:drinker:

Have a great Weekend!!

wow Chrissey I think you are an inspiration. That is alot of weight lost and it hasn't even been a year! I am new to this group not dieting but new to really thinking I am worth it. Thanks for sharing your message was a help to me. You have a great weekend too! Richie

Hi! No loss last week. I was the exact same. Which, I guess, is good.

Chrissey-Congrats on your progress this year! Very inspiring!

Sandy- Use your birthday as a new beginning. Enjoy your day today. Then make this year, YOUR year. You can do this!! Make out a plan as to what you want to be different. Then maybe make obatinable deadlines. Start with baby steps. Start with a couple of workouts per week. A couple of food changes, then build from there!!

Congrats to all who lost last week! For those of us that didn't...just keep on trecking forward. Don't look at it as a setback but another opportunity to change something in a positive way.

Does anyone else have days where u just are not hungry and feel like u are forcing yourself to eat?? Today i earned 400 exercise calories so in total i am to have 1600 calories give or take 200. I am at 837calories and it's almost midnight...I normally have one or 2 days like this a week will it send my body into starvation mode or is this normal??

I do have days like that. My take on it (and it's an unofficial one) is that your body doesn't use the same clock we do. I have always believed that if you meet your weekly caloric intake...that you should be fine. If you go for several days under your calories or over your calories...that is when you will see negative effects. Hopefully someone else will have more input on that.

It has been so quiet this week!!!

Good Morning!! Richie-I am dreading Halloween candy season at work. I feel your pain!!

For those of us with the long holiday this weekend...anyone have any fun things planned?