shadowkitty22 Member

Whenever I start to notice my fat feeling different (typically around my belly/hips area) I know it's time to bust out the tape measure. I tend to do this every 3 months or so and I always find that I've lost like 15 some odd inches all over my body. It's wonderful!

I was 303 at the beginning of the year and dragged my butt to the gym multiple times a week with my best friend who weighed a good 160 pounds less than me! But everyday I'm so grateful that I did because I'm now 74 pounds lighter and I know a lot of that has to do with the time I spent at the gym rather than just doing the…

I've personally found that if my coffee grounds are properly measured for the amount of coffee I'm actually going to be drinking that the amount of creamer I use goes down. I now have only 15 calories worth of creamer in my coffee. :) Of course, if I was really good I would go back to no coffee every day but I figure for…

However many days it has been since January 1st minus 2 days (one was me just thinking I didn't need to log on the weekends because I could "handle it" and the other was I was making multiple international flights in one day that lasted over 30+ hours and had no internet access) and I've lost 71.4 pounds as of last Friday.

Welcome to one of the best decisions you've ever made.

Try the berry pomegranate mixed with the lemonade. It's amazing!

I have one cup (and it's typically in the afternoon as that's when my energy starts flagging) and it's precisely 45 calories. I just add a tbsp of some flavored creamer from Nestle Coffee Mate (it's currently the Vanilla Caramel flavor) and two little packets of Splenda and I'm good to go.

I'd love to give this a try. I'm currently an 18 in my jeans and would love to be a 16 by the end of next month. I don't have a gym membership but that's because all the fitness centers on post are FREE!!! Woo hoo! I go jogging at least 3 times a week for around 40-45 minutes each time. I'm trying to add in an extra day a…

My goal is to fit into a whole new wardrobe that is smaller than what I ever remember myself being, which was 150lbs and a size 12. I'd really like to get into that mythical land of single digit pant sizes...

You might possibly be confusing your NET and REMAINING calories. Your NET always needs to be at least 1200 calories because that's the bare minimum that your body can function on on a daily basis without going into starvation mode. Your REMAINING calories should be as close to 0 as you can get it. And you get your…

Just had to let you know that you're amazing! 121 lbs lost and still going strong. It's good to know there's other way overweight women like me out there that have taken on the challenge of becoming a runner. Once again, thank you to everyone for your advice on how to go about this.

I haven't but my friend did and she said that colored chalk doesn't taste good but that she had a lot of fun and would totally do one again. I'm thinking of hitting up the one in Austin in December as long as I can afford it and my husband can watch the kids.

Besides I like to think of my body as its own personal weight vest. I started off this year 70 pounds heavier and with each week I'm shedding a couple of pounds here and there. But yeah, I wouldn't actually run with added weights. Thank you for the suggestions so far everyone. If it makes any difference at all, I currently…

I'm currently working my way through a bottle of "Worldwide Sport Nutrition - Pure Protein Shake" (or at least that's what MFP lists it as. I got it at Walmart for like $20 for 27 single scoop servings). I mix it with 1/2 cup Dannon Light & Fit vanilla yogurt and 1 cup skim milk for 235 calories and 36.5g of protein. I've…

Just jump him. If you're that horny and he's not doing anything then jump him. Strip off his pants, suck him hard and hop on and ride until you're happy. Yeah sure you're missing out on whatever foreplay y'all might do but when you need a ****, you need a **** and his is probably the most readily available. And if he…

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D I'm so happy for you and I'm glad you suggested we do C25K together earlier this year. While it's taken me longer to finish it than you (curse you unexplained knee injury!) I know I'm on my final week now and then I'm off to building up speed and being able to maintain it over…

I used to buy my workout clothes from the women's plus section of Old Navy until I got slim enough to fit into the XXL workout gear at other stores. Part of this was also because at the point in time I was that large I lived overseas where the native women were smaller than the average American woman so there was no way in…

MFP (and a wide variety of other real health officials) say that 1 pound per week is recommended for a reason. And yes typically the more weight you have to lose, the faster it comes off. I started this year at 303 pounds and have lost 64.6 pounds so far. That was with setting my weight loss goals to 2 pounds per week,…

So I already know that my numbers are going to be bad but I'm game. In the beginning (1-1-12): 50bmi National - Above average - You have a higher BMI than 100% of females aged 15-29 in your country Global - Above average -You have a higher BMI than 100% of females aged 15-29 in the world Did you know? If everyone in the…

How does it being a group change things?

Did my 20 minutes of jogging today and while it wasn't as hard as I psyched myself up for it to be it wasn't easy either but I got it done. And my husband just told me that he can tell that by the time I'm where I want to be weight wise that I'm going to have a sexy *kitten*. Haha He's been such a wonderful source of…

I'm the same way! I was content being large and lumpy until the scale hit 303 pounds. Now I look at those pictures and I just like, "wow...really?!?" of course I know that has more to do with the fact that I would look at even older pictures of myself from when I was thinner and my mind would think that I still looked like…

So I got inspired by a friend on my friend's list most recent measurement numbers and wanted to take my own as I haven't done it since late April. So I busted out my measuring tape and was amazed to see that I've lost 14.75"! I lost two inches in my waist and both thighs, three inches from my hips and a half inch on both…

Well when you think about it, you only have 1.1 more miles to tack on. It's really not that much when you compare it to the 2 that you can already run. I'm thinking of signing up for the Foam Fest 5K being held in Dallas and Austin this October/November. I haven't decided which one to do yet because it all depends on if my…

So my husband didn't get home until after 7 tonight and of course by then I'm tired from the day and just not in the mood to go to the gym anymore, especially when I don't have a gym buddy to motivate me and keep me accountable. But luckily for me, I found a whole bunch of inspirational phrases in the forums this morning…

So another victory today and this time it was at the gym....my heart no longer works as hard as it used to. :) At the beginning of my C25K training (about 5 months ago. I had to take 2 months off due to a knee injury and just restarted the program 5 weeks ago) my heart used to beat around 195 when I would jog at 4.0. I got…

I like weighing on Friday because then I know that whatever I do on the weekend (which is typically never anything bad) doesn't negatively effect my weigh in. :D

Name/ real name: Shadowkitty22/Emilie Current Weight: 246.8 Challenge Goal Weight: 227.8 07/02:246.8 07/09: 244.8 07/16: 07/23: 07/30: 08/06: <<<mini goal weight>>> 239.3 08/13: 08/20: 08/27: 09/03: <<<mini goal weight>>> 233.3 09/10: 09/17: 09/24: 0/01: <<<challenge goal weight>>> 227.8 Just like with the last challenge,…

So yesterday I participated in my first ever 5K. I'm only half way through my C25K program but I still wanted to give it a shot and seeing as how it was a free 5K because it was hosted by the MWR on post I figured why not? Well I set a goal for myself to try and come in at 45 minutes because I knew that should be pushing…

So I finished the last challenge with a success and start this one off with a bang! I did W4D2 C25K outside today and oh good Lord do hills suck. Even when they're just small little inclines, they really freaking suck! I'm going to have to start doing at least one day a week of this program outside so that I can get used…