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sick and slightly twisted. lol. kinda funny
so my kids and i walked to kaiser on tuesday to pick up my depression meds and i guess we somehow contracted a virus or the flu. my kids have been spewing from both ends since saturday and are finally feeling better today. i refuse to throw up so i've just been dealing with the other end. sorry. lol. i know that's tmi.…
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Need weight loss advice for husband
Hi everyone, i have been working to lose weight for about a month now and have lost 17lbs. I know what works for me and it's relatively easy for me to lose the weight. My husband told me today that he wishes he had my motivation to lose the weight. I want to help him. He's 6'4", 280lbs and he's an auto mechanic so he's on…
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rocky marriage problems
so what do you do when you're quickly approaching your 7th wedding anniversary and your husband says he feels like the marriage is a prison? and then how do you NOT go out and buy a gallon of ice cream and stuff your face and cry uncontrollably? i haven't done that yet but i'm thinking about it... thanks everyone. we've…
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muscle atrophy
so i have had a leg cast on my left leg for almost 5 weeks. i just got it removed today and walking feels SOOOOO weird. my calf is visibly smaller and the muscle is just different. does anyone know how long it takes for the muscle to build up again? i can't do anything high impact for the next 4 weeks. So walking is pretty…
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what a way to make me feel like *kitten*
so this weekend my friend (who is in the army and leaving for Afghanistan in a few days) had two BBQ's. Both days I ate about 600 calories more then i usually do but that includes alcohol. So i had about 1200 calories more then i wanted and so I'm now 6lbs heavier then i was on friday. :( anyways, we had left over…
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How did I GAIN 6lbs over the weekend????
So I've been losing weight by changing my diet. I lost 8.8lbs in one week. I was feeling really good. One of my best friends is in town (he's in the army and leaving for afghanistan in a week) so we had a couple BBQ's with lost of good food and booze. I did not overeat but I did drink quite a bit. and i weighed myself this…
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need a watch with calories burned tracker
any recommendations? is the body bugg the way to go? heart rate monitor? my budget is low (so i'd have to get something used) and just need your advice. :-)
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i need a workout buddy
i'm doing turbo fire right now and my workout buddy is going back to work and so won't be doing it with me anymore. :( so sad. so...i need a new workout buddy! we can do turbo fire, insanity, chalean extreme, turbo kick, turbo jam, whatever works for you. i just need to workout at least one intense workout a day. so...any…
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Plastic Surgery...???
Hi Everyone! So I know that most of you are probably against the idea of plastic surgery but I'm not. I was wondering if any of you have had any plastic surgery and what the pro's and con's are. My hubby and I made a deal before I had my daughter that once we were done having kids I would get a "Mommy" make over. (Tummy…
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A New Year
Today is my 23rd birthday and I'm celebrating the start of a new year with ChaLEAN Extreme. I'm doing the 90 day challenge AND I'm going to do Couch to 5K! :bigsmile: I'm excited! It's a great feeling to have a New Year Resolution in the middle of summer. :happy: Anyone want to join me?
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Pregnancy + weightloss??
Hi everyone! I just found out today that I'm 6 weeks pregnant. yay! :bigsmile: So now I'm wondering if any of you ladies have lost weight while pregnant? So here's the theory...I up my caloric intake a few hundred calories, continue exercising, and lose weight. My doctor says that since I have 40 more pounds to lose that's…
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Ugh...this is taking too long!
Okay, so from June 08 to April 09 I lost like 30+ lbs. Then from April 09 to mid June 09 I lost another 30lbs. So good but now I'm on "maintenance" mode until the 5th of July (that's when I start the ChaLEAN Extreme Challenge). I did this because I was at a serious plateau and thought that if I did maintenance mode until…
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taking a week off ...food or exercise?
Hi Everyone, So I've hit a plateau. I eat EXTREMELY well and never go over in calories, I work out 7 days a week, I do everything right. I've lost 69lbs since my daughter was born 11 months ago. Of those 69lbs, I've lost 34lbs in 10 weeks. But I just can't seem to get past 183lbs. I'm so frustrated. I'm seriously…
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Need a work out buddy in Campbell, CA???
Hey everyone! Are any of you from Campbell, CA? Or San Jose? Or Los Gatos? Or any of the surrounding areas. I need to meet someone and have a workout buddy. I'm really good at working out by myself but I think it'd be a lot of fun to have a workout buddy. :bigsmile:
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This is so frustrating
Okay...So I've been bouncing back and forth between 184.6lbs and 191lbs! UGH!! This is sooo frustrating. I work out, I eat right, what am I doing wrong??? Today is the first day where I have just NO motivation to work out. I'm SO frustrated. I feel like eating a tub of ice cream. I'm not going to (still eating only fruits…
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question about heart rates...
Hi everyone, so...for the past few months, when i do turbo jam my heart rate is in the 180's and sometimes low 190's (during the turbos) but is at like 160-170 during the regular cardio zone. well the last couple days have been weird. i've been pushing myself harder than usual and have been STRUGGLING to get my HR up to…
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wow. before and after pic.
Okay, so i just went to my myspace page to look at my "before" pic and my "after" pic (which i just put up today) and WOW...it's a big difference. I didn't realize how big of a difference it was. if you wanna see the difference, go on my profile on this site and look at my pictures. the two pics and on the bottom. the…
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So close to my goal!!!
Okay, so I started my weight loss journey at 252.8lbs back in June 2008. I got down to 208lbs but once I stopped nursing my newborn daughter I gained 10lbs back. So since March of 2009 I have lost almost 30lbs! I am down to 189lbs!! Woohoo!!! Only 9lbs to go to my wedding day weight. And then I think I'm gonna go to…
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P90X
I started doing P90X and today is Day #4. The first 3 days I could barely laugh it hurt so much. lol. the Ab ripper killed me! but today, i feel REALLY good. I'm a little sore but it feels good. Anyone out there doing P90X? has anyone done the full 90 Days? hopefully by march i'll look incredible!
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Anyone in the Bay Area?
I like in Campbell, CA (a little town in San Jose) and I wanted to see if anyone is from here. I'd love to chat with some folks closer to home. :-)
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any vegans out there?
hi there! I'm a new vegan and need some help. i kinda eat the same three meals everyday and need some variety. any ideas?
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Turbo Jam
Hi Everyone! I'm new here but I just wanted to let everyone know about Turbo Jam. Last year (Feb 2, 2007) I started doing Turbo Jam. I'm a cold turkey kind of person so I automatically stopped eating ANY junk food and just ate really healthy and started doing Turbo Jam for an hour a day. By March 5th, I had lost 30 pounds!…
