cupcake568 Member

I'm 5 8 and I my first goal is 165 because that is the high end of a healthy BMI...once I hit that I'l re-evaluate

The people who got it seemed to be having a lot of fun...I'll have to try a beginners class sometime.

:bigsmile:

I went to a step aerobics class today. I took one many years ago, but this one I just jumped into - I hope the other people there have been going for a while. I WAS SO LOST and the only one (really I looked around). I ended up walking out and doing some running on the treadmill (today's the first time I tried to run, it…

I like the mexican ones

One thing I noticed is if I have a craving and I try to work around it, I usually end up eating more than if I just ate what I wanted...like today I really wanted a cookie, or something like it. I don't keep anything like that in the house so I ended up eating a bag of popcorn, my son's goldfish crackers and a bowl of…

Mmmmmm, water. I've always been a water drinker (even as a kid). I can't imagine anything more refreshing than a big glass of ice water. Sometimes, after I drink something else I still have to "wash it down" with a glass of water. :drinker:

Mmmmmmm...thin mints in the freezer are the best. I didn't buy any cookies this year.

I had a similar problem - sometimes I sip a mug of diet hot chocolate or coffee or something that I consume slow - like hard candy.

<---That's the little guy there...I forgot he was in my profile pic! So, imagine him wrapped around my midsection, that's how I used to look! :tongue:

I know...when I was holding him I thought about how I used to have to carry that all the time! CRAZY!!

Today for fun I held my 4 year old when I got onto the scale...the weight was my starting weight...I have literally lost the same amount of weight as a small (medium) child!

Wow. I've got tears in my eyes imagining how wonderful that moment must have been when you saw that number on the scale. Great Job!

I don't see any harm in it...it's nice to find people to connect with. Sometimes I feel like my fitness journey is just as personal as religion.

our biggest accomplishments are achieved one small step at a time! Good for you on your first small step! :drinker:

I have a harder time working out in front of my husband than I do at the gym

Guess it does! :-)

I just put my weightloss ticker on my signature so I am just seeing if it works

ARGH! I'm frustrated with you..I hate when something I thought was going to be here isn't. I got an e-mail on 12/23 that one of my gifts had been canceled - not even delayed! Seriously, the 23rd, I had to go find something else then. ARGH! Anyway, have fun snowboarding

I have been SO good at logging my food and keeping in check, but for about a week now I haven't logged on at all, and I haven't really paid all that much attention to what I have been eating (lucky for me I don't have that much junk in the house, aside from the Christmas cookies). Today is my new start, or my climb back on…

:drinker: good job!

It was less Chinese food craving and more too lazy to cook anything.

So I had some chinese food last night (chicken and broccoli) and felt terrible all night. I think my body was rejecting it! It just isn't used to that stuff anymore.

5'8, 195 size 16

I agree with this - same time, same routine, same scale will give you the most accurate results about what you have lost.

Even if you don't have on demand, some of the regular cable channels have workout shows too. I get FitTV and they have some good stuff. You could try using one stair as a step and just do a little step aerobics...I play with my kids (they're 1 and 4)...we turn on music and dance, jump, sing, I lift them and do squats. They…

I started my weight loss after things settled down with my last baby, around Feb 2008 weighing about 235 in a size 20. I was a little inconsistent and first, but have made it down to 197 wearing a comfortable 16 (maybe trying 14 soon!). DH and I have started going to the gym together (although once we get there were…

I wanted to see if I could make your photo show up - hope you don't mind

We have an appointment at my gym's playroom every Monday and Wednesday afternoon and Saturday mornings. If I don't go then they charge me for the missed appointment...this helps my "motivation"

I just bought some pretty undies there last night as my reward!