Sexy September Starters

I was thinking about this group as I was going to bed last night. We're already more than half way through October! Soon, we'll be through the holidays and everyone else will be starting their New Year's Resolution weight loss. We'll be so ahead in our weight loss journeys and feeling great. I'm just so happy and proud to be part of a group who is taking action now and not using this time as a big excuse to gain weight. I think a lot of people will be wowing over all of our hard work during the upcoming holidays.

-Alison

Awesome post Ali! I am so excited to go to Christmas with family this Christmas and have them say WOW!!! Even if they don't, it feels great to finally be in control of my eating instead of my eating controlling me! Sunday night I had a huge victory. I went into the kitchen in a muchie mood, with no calories left and not really hungry. I opened the cupboards and the fridge and FINALLY talked myself into getting out of the kitchen and doing something else. I have NEVER truly done that before!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: We are all becoming healthier, happier, and stronger women because of what we are doing for ourselves and our loved ones. Have a great week ladies. Let's keep those great numbers coming. And Gina, slow and steady is best so keep it up!!

Blessings to all of you,

Jessica

HEY LADIES!
well I have been doing great workout wise but slipped up a little yesterday and today on food. It's my TOM and I get some crazy cravings that don't even allow me to t hink when I'm at work. grrr. I know I won't lose an ounce this week. Oh well, last week was great. haha

hope everyone is going great!

Hi Everyone,
This week has been going okay so far. I have slipped up here and there, but I have been exercising consistently. Today I took a 35 minute abs class at my gym and almost died . I think I will lose weight this week, I really hope so! I want to be 150 by halloween.

Nola; I like your new picture. I've done pretty well this week but for some reason today it's been hard. I've just had lots to do today and on top of that had to run an unexpected errand which took up almost an hour.

I'm going to the beach tomorrow with my GF and god-daughter. I'll be back on Monday afternoon. I plan on making wise food choices but mostly plan to relax and enjoy my time away from the stress of being a full time caregiver. Hopefully the weather will allow for long walks on the beach. And I hope to do a little shopping .

thnx mamacindy! As you can see I also carry a lot of my weight below the waist, but it will come off in due time. I wish some more of it came off my face so I could see my cheekbones again. haha. Well have a great wkend on the beach. Plan to take a bunch of healthy snacks like fruits, non perishable veggies like carrots maybe to dip in hummus. I really like those.

enjoy ur wkend.

Hi! I'm happy about my weigh in yesterday. I lost almost 2 lbs. since last week. I currently weigh 152.6 lbs. So close to the 140's! Probably won't make it to my exact goal of 150lbs. by halloween, but so close!

I completely forgot to log in yesterday and record my weight. I am down 1 lb. WooHoo. Hope everyone has a fabulous week.

wow everyone is doing great! i havent reported a weight loss (or gain :S) cuz I have been afraid to do it. Haven't been focused. but this week I will definately do my very best and weigh in after I know I have put osme hard work in. I hope that's not cheating, I just don't want to see a weight gain and be dissapointed and really lose all motivation.

Lost 1 pound. Not a great number but at least it is not a gain

Hello!

I had a really good weigh in this morning! I'm down to 230.5!! I'm almost back into the 220s, which is the higher of my "normal" weights. My body is pretty comfortable and it's pretty easy for me to maintain around 185 and again around 220. I hope that doesn't mean I'm up for a plateau in about 10 lbs.

The biggest changes I've had so far in the past 14.5 lbs are mostly in the food choices I'm making (especially in quantity) and I've really stopped eating when I'm bored. I've only been doing this about 6 weeks, and I only eat when I'm hungry. That's a big deal for me since I stay at home all day, and I used to have a really bad habit of eating a ton of snacks between lunch and dinner. And then at dinner time I wouldn't even be hungry, but I would eat because it was "dinner time."

Even for the one meal a week I just take off and don't worry about going over calories, the portions are getting much smaller and I'm not really craving them or looking forward to them as much as I used to. Today, I made cake truffles (cooked and then crumbled box of carrot cake mix, stirred together with homemade cream cheese icing, and then dipped in white candy coating) and I ate the little pieces left in the bowl, and then had two of them for dessert. I think I'm sending the rest of them off to my fiance's work on Monday since they are very good, but the recipe made way more than I expected and I really don't think I will eat them.

I hope everyone else is having a great weekend, and wonderful weight losses!

-Alison