AmandaHammill Member

oh, just looked at your profile...we really are neighbours!

Hello neighbour! (notice the *correct* spelling...LOL). I'm just outside Hamilton (Ancaster). Feel free to add me as a friend if you're looking for some local support on your journey. cheers!

just to be on the safe side I had a bowl of air-popped popcorn followed by a Klondike bar for dinner last night (although I'll have to admit it had nothing to do with the prophesy just hunger and fatigue)...after a long day of hauling boxes of crap up from the basement to the dumpster in the driveway i was beat and even…

opps...pressed enter before I put anything in! Glad you like the MEAT me at the beach. Was thinking about it a minute ago and it hit me that it's actually doubly meaty because it is MEAT ME AT at the beach...LOL or if you want to be more subtle Meet ME AT the beach. okay, time to do some Sunday chores :-)

12-wk Summer Challenge Team Name suggestion (with our fearless leader in there of course!): MEAT ME at the BEACH :glasses: or continuing in the meat theme: Bikini Wienies :laugh:

last week: 194 today: - 193 no way i'll meet my goal but dropping steadily...can't ask for more :-)

a large bowl of oatmeal with some fruit in it :-)

This was worth bumping up again! last time i read it i'd lost just over a bag of sugar....today it's 'an adult male southern koala'...woohoo! how's everyone else doing? A fun way to mark your progress!

I love the Zumba. We had it first and then picked up Dance Central too. I did DC twice...nothing like Zumba for the energy expended! I go to 'live' classes now too when I can, but I still like dancing my way to fitness while no one's around. Tripping on my own feet is good for a laugh in both cases though. It really does…

i love name challenges, lol...but only one right now..will think about this on and off all day when i need a break from working! MzFits (of course that doesn't work so well for any guys in the group and is probably so easy it's been used on here somewhere before, so yup i'll keep the thinking cap on.) Thank you again for…

oh...also, try loading the game after you've got the kinnect to recognize you.

hi there, the sign-in for the FE game is separate from the sign-in for the kinnect. so even if the kinnect has recognized you, you still have to stay in the middle of the floor when you turn on your shape and let the game recognize you and sign you in. you will see your silhouette in the middle of the screen and it reads…

This was my blog entry on Thursday..when I hadn't lost more than 1/2 pound...happily today on weigh-in for challenge day I am down 1.5. Maybe 100% Denim Won't Lie! …today I feel like my body is shrinking even though my scale begs to differ and my measuring tape was maybe a millimeter different in some areas. (If those…

last week: 195.5 current: - 194 5/12: <<<mini goal: 190>>> 5/19: 5/26: 6/2: 6/9: 188 <<<challenge goal>>>>> Exercise Goal this week: I've started Zumba classes 2x a week (if there were more I'd probably do 3 at least)..but, I have an Xbox Kinnect and Zumba and Your Shape Fitness games so my goal is to make sure I do at…

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Oh...and just to add...the BMI one isn't the greatest...more depressing than anything b/c it flags people... so and so is 'obese' yadda yadda and you look at the photos and go 'huh???' the best one is this one though, good for your daily smile!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1459475944/in/set-72157602199008819/…

soooo slow!! (but a little bit gone :-) last week - 196.2 current: - 195.5 5/12: <<<mini goal: 190>>> not likely to lose 5.5 in a week given my 1 or .5 progress this past couple of weeks...so, changing to 194 5/19: 5/26: 6/2: 6/9: <<<challenge goal: 180>> totally unattainable in a month now!! (maybe always was too much of…

lol...i read your post and had to check to if you were a fellow Canadian...yup...virtual neighbours, I'm just west of Hamilton. cheers

Lots of great feedback here so the only thing i'm going to add is that you might want to change your settings so that you see how many carbs you are consuming daily. It's good see to see the carbs, proteins and fats. I know you can only pick so many things and you have your sugar, fibre and your sodium too, so you'd…

Bump! Great work everyone, fabulous chart Vicky!!

Thanks for the welcome! I think it's better to work up to a goal than set it too high too...why set yourself up for failure when everything we're doing right now is for the positive!

that is actually hilarious! I think when that day comes, I might actually consider buying an iPhone!

I guess i should set a goal too, lol! I'll start with 5000 and see how many I actually walk in a day tomorrow...I'm an academic researcher so also spend a lot of time at the desk. (I have Zumba class tomorrow too, but I'll likely base my calculation of what I should aim for lower than what I end up with after that...Zumba…

I just got a free pedometer in my 'in-box' today at work for having been part of a 6 week fitness challenge. So of course the first thing i did was clip it on..unfortunately sometime during the day i hit the reset button. I was planning on wearing it daily so how serendipitous that you would post this challenge! I'm in :-)

Just came back from Zumba class! I love it. I have it for the Xbox Kinnect too which is great but have just started going to 'live' classes to be with some other peeps. It's definitely a good work out. Today I was the only person who showed up so I had a one on one with the trainer...man that gal can move!!

as always, a great post. thanks Dan!

It's slow going...down only .8 this week (see below for weight). I'm behind my self-imposed 'schedule' but the inches are dropping off even if the pounds aren't going as quickly. Since I started MFP January 10th...at 223lbs...am down a total of 26.8 pounds and 17.75 inches have eroded from the landscape of my being! Even…

Congrats to you!

I think you are getting some good suggestions from others here. I also started eating a bit more, changing up my exercise and doing strength training, when I plateaued at 200 and have found that I'm getting more steady again at about 1 to 1.5 per week loss now. I did notice when I went through your food diary that you tend…