Over 200 Club Back to School Group (open Group)

Thanks everyone !!! I feel great, the funnything is i knew this was the week i was going to gain or not loose due to being my TOM and all....quite opposite huh

awestfall - I hope you and your daughter get well soon.

Drea - Its a new week now, and you can do it.

Well I am off to the halloween party, my mom is soo excited...i am sure the girls will be to. I did 15 minutes on my elliptical at lunch time so we will see how much i eat I may do more tonight.

One good thing of working on at home instead of in a gym , i was thinking to myself, is you can sing way loud to your tunes and nobody thinks your crazy (ok maybe my dog).

i really love it here too..it is nice to come and people know where you are coming from.

Here is my accomplishment. I have a weird shape , i am large but yet don't have the big girls boobs...so finding bra's are hard i don't have the cup size to get the big ones but the small ones don't go around enough...anyway...i have an extention on my bra and i move it bra to bra, i can wear the one without the extension without it being super tight on me (like it was before)...I feel a great accomplishment

mscocoa30: Fantastic! You have lost 20 pounds! Do the happy dance.:happy:

mscocoa - sorry about the bad news...but yay for loosing weight.

I didn't do good tonight......we went to a halloween party at my moms church, spaghetti dinner so that wasn't that bad, did have 2 pieces of bread though....BUt then hit the desert tables, had a few brownies , cookies and some candy.

Happy Halloween everyone! Try your best to stay away from or moderately eat the candy and chocolate. I for one think calories should not count on holidays LOL. Be safe and have fun!

Way to go Jib for burning so much walking.

I am not doing very good today on cals today either I didn't eat any breakfast then we went and got a new car and was there from 9 - 1 today. the girls were getting candy and ai had a few pieces they they had lunch , they had hot dogs and fajitas, and then some more candy...today is not doing good...I HATE HALLOWEEN....i just am going to deal with today.....we have no food in the house so we will see what we do.

Happy November everyone. I had setbacks this weekend that is okay I am back on track. I got on the scale this morning thinking I would of been back over 300 from this weekends eatings and no exercies (besides walking trick or treating)...and I was down from what i was on friday...woohooo...not much less than a lb , but that is much better than over a lb or two or three...or etc...

So back on track and as of this morning I have 5lb to my turkey day goal.

awestfall - Sorry about your turmoils right now..hope everything gets better soon.

Hope everyone is doing good and have a great week.

Good Morning everyone,

awestfall, sorry to hear about your trials this week. I know that you can overcome them. What a blessing to be able to acknowledge that you have what you need and you will get through the rest.

mscocoa, glad you checked in on us. We are all pretty quiet on the weekends.


Lildebbie, glad to hear that you did NOT have a set back by the Halloween weekend. I am afraid to check to see if I have. I will let you know on Friday.

jlb123 I love that I can not see my tummy past my boobs anymore. :laugh: I can so relate to enjoying that feeling.

Well girls, I am feeling a bit afraid and nervous this morning. I shared with you all a while back that my son's speech therapist believes he has more than a speech issue going on. He is 4 years old. I am taking my little guy in to be assessed this morning. I am afraid of what they will tell me. I just have to relax and trust in God on this matter. I am going to be headed over there around 9 a.m. pacific time, which is just about 2 hours away right now. I am trying to get my youngest girl ready and off to school. My husband took my 2 older girls so I could have a more relaxed morning and let my son sleep in. I would like him to be in a good mood. I hope you all have a nice day. I will talk to you all later.

Hello everyone! I ate horribly yesterday, and have the tummy ache to prove it! But, I am back on track today. Did an exercise DVD this morning (37 mins) and had DH hide the Halloween candy. LOL

Hope everyone is starting off today on the right foot. Oh, and do we have a challenge this week?

good afternoon everyone..

My stomach was hurting on sat night too..:( I am feelig good and energized now...I am going to start fining some calorie friendly recipes for thanksgiving and christmas so I can enjoy some good food and be fairly good through the holidays.

Momma - I hope the appt went well.

I am doing good today...back on track. I have been eating my normal calories today....i got on my elliptical at lunch, at 1st i said I will do 15 min, then i said let me go for 20, then 25...funny when I get on i am like no way can i make it and then once i hit 15 i am like lets go for it.

Glad the appt when well. I was in speech therapy from K - 5...I turned out just great

Momma2four,

Hey there. I really wouldn't worry too much. (I know that is easier said than done). My son, who is 17 years old now was diagnosed with an unspecific language/speech disability when he was in the 2nd grade. Eventually, we learned that he had a mild case of CAPD (Central Auditory Processing Disorder). It is a disorder in the way auditory (sound) information is processed in the brain. To put it in layman's term, it is similar to dyslexia but not visually, but auditory and as a result affects speech.

Anyway, to make a long story short. I really went to hell and back. At first trying to come to terms with trying to accept the situation. Then after I had come to terms with it, I had to advocate for my child to make sure he received the proper diagnosis, treatment and education. Well, it has been ten years since then and I am happy to say that my son will be graduating from high school come June 2010 and he is college-bound.

So I guess the moral of the story is, try not to worry too much and don't blame yourself. My biggest obstacle was learning to accept that while he will probably always have this difficulty, catching it while he was young was the key to allow him to learn how to work around it to become a functioning adult in society.

~Jay

Momma2four - I'm so glad the appointment went well.:flowerforyou: I too think that it is really positive for your son that he is getting help at such a young age and he will be fine.

awestfall - hang in there! sounds like you are having a rough time lately, but you will get through it!:flowerforyou:

I had another bad eating night :frown: ... didn't get home until 7:30pm after taking my son to swim lesson, and then my daughter to sax lesson. Had snacks for them - but not me, so I was too hungry when I got home and made some bad choices. Next time ... I need to pack an apple and cheese, or some snack so that I don't get so hungry. No exercise again, but did well with drinking water.

************************Over 200's Announcements and a little bit of a Pep Talk************************

Good Morning Girls,

I hope everyone is well. I know some of us have been struggling a bit this week, but we have to keep truckin a long. We are going to have times like these but if we survive them we are going to make it all the way through. I can't wait to start seeing 100 pounds lost on our tickers and it is going to happen. Jenn is more than half way there. We are all a great group of people who really need to get healthy. We have active beautiful children, husbands, boyfriends, and pets(for those of us who only have fur babies) And we want to be around to enjoy them and actually "LIVE" with them. I do not know about you guys but my weight has held me back from doing things with my husband and kids. We live 5 hours from Disneyland and we visit every year. There are certain rides I doNOT attempt even though I want to , because I am afraid that I will not fit. My girls beg me to ride with them. I am not doing that to them any more. NO MORE> Ladies, we are going to become the under 200's group someday. I know that we will. I hope that each one of us sticks it out and is there when we ALL as a group become the "HOT, Under 200's graduation group".

Well, Lets get going and continue to lose, lose, lose

By the way, we never determined a biggest loser this week. C'mon girls lets show some get up and go and lets start keeping track. Our person with the biggest percentage of weight loss knows who they are. Put forth a challenge and lets do it.

I am also setting a challenge. We use to do this and some of us still do on occasion but lets get back to it. I would like us to post daily and answer these questions (daily or when ever you can)

Did I stay within a healthy calorie range today?

Did I exercise today?

Did I drink my minimum of 64 ounces of water today?

Share something that you are proud of about yourself ?


Second challenge is to add up all the cardio minutes that you did for the week and add 5 minutes to that total each week.

If everyone is in agreeance I would like these to be ongoing challenges in addition to whatever the biggest loser chooses for the week.

We are a group so we NEED to ALL agree that this is a good idea. So please start posting your opinion and if the majority says yes this all begins today.