Posts by taylorn24

 

 

Original Post by kathygator:

agree. We are all Americans. We should be indivisible.

Kudos to Michelle Obama for rising above the partisanship of the last week.

anyone see Joe's response to the SNL debate skit? He could not stop giggling over the guy's portrayal of him.

 I saw Joe's response! So funny, he was hysterical. I find him to be very likeable.

My feeling at this point is that I would like to see where a Democrat can take us. To be honest, if Hilary were in the running, she would have my vote. People were giving all this b.s. about how if she were elected Bill would be running the White House. Well, sweet! Hilary is vey intelligent and I guess the only thing that people can remember about Bill is that he got frisky with an intern....forget the fact that he was a great president. I think that having the Clinton's in the White House would have ben very interesting.

I like Obama. Sure, he lacks in the foreign policy area, but that is why his VP choice is a great one. Joe Biden is very experienced in foreign policy. Obama brings in a man who can strengthen his game, good choice. What does Palin bring to the table? What does she have to strengthen McCain? God forbid something should happen to McCain is Palin ready to run this country? Really????!!!!! That is freaking scary. And might I add that we do not need to bring creation into our schools. This is not an attack on anyone's personal belief. But hey, separation of church and state here. You want your child to have a creation biased education, send them to private school or supplement at home. If anything should be in schools it should be a course on world religions to teach students tolerance and world views....oh wait, that might encourage them to have a mind of their own.

Well, just a few days left. I will be lucky to see 126 at the end. That would be 7 pounds lost. I leave for vacation the 16th, need to get my ass in gear! I think it's safe to say we did not go all out this challenge!

Yay ladies! That's awesome! Hope you have fun in Newport Iro, I love it there :).

Tomorrow is my next weigh in! I finally got back to the gym last wekk, I even went to a spin class at 5:45 a.m. and I would love to make it a habit. It felt so good!

Hope to see a drop tomorrow

Thanks Iro, my son is will be 2 in the fall! Time flies. I think revising your goal is good idea, good luck!

I went for a 3 mile walk, I really want to build up to running. But walking is a start. I am at 1400 for calories. Smoothie for breakfast, fruit leather for snack, sugar free hazelnut capp, homemade taco salad, fiber one bar and smoothie for dinner. I think I will weigh in again on Monday, hoping for 126 or 127. Really want to be 120 by the end! If I can get to 126-127 by the weekend it is possible. Once I hit 120 it's 5-8 pounds to my ultimate goal. Here I come!

I leave in the a.m. so I figured I would post before I got to bed.

Did pretty well today, still no exercise. I hate finals!!

Chris and I had some stuff to do so we went to Panera. Thought I made good choices, way off! I chose 1/2 fresh mozz and tom salad, cup of turkey chickpea chili and it came with some baguette. Total per Panera website...920cals! Ahh, thank goodness I did not eat all of it and I am so glad I looked it up so I could compensate. I put it in around 850 since I did not finish.

The rest of the day I had miso soup, 100 cal popcorn, dill pickle and a few slices of salami. Random huh? Finihed under 1400. High sodium day for sure, hope the scale does not show it!

My bathing suits came. The pink top is an awesome fit! The bottoms are awkward and they don't sell those bottoms in string style. Bummer. Keeping the top though, I will find a separate somewhere to match it! The brown top is awful! Really awkward padding and lining, looks all bulgy and bulky and wierd. So it's all going back except for the perfect fitting, super supportive pretty pink top. Truly, best bathing suit top ever. I wish they had the bottoms I want!

K, long post. I have been treating this thread like my journal ha ha! I will weigh when I get home Saturday night.

Happy 4th of July!

Okay, so I don't know about everyone else but I have had a a slow start on this challenge! So, it is the beginning of a new month, a new chance to move it!

Iro, I can usually only do 1-2 days no carb and then I need carbs!!! But I feel fine and energetic when I do no carb, I just crave them

Here are the suits I ordered from VS...

http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/appl ication/prodDisplay/?namespace=productDisplay &origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&even t=display&prnbr=8U-204270&page=2& cgname=OSSWMBIKZZZ  in the color shown, but with string tie bottoms

http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/appl ication/prodDisplay/?namespace=productDisplay &origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&even t=display&prnbr=8U-217922&page=1& cgname=OSSWMBIKZZZ   In brown top with brown scrool scoop bottom

Like? I really like support and coverage, I have a lot of trouble finding cute supportive bathing suits! The straps are all adustable so I am hoping to get a good fit without always adjusting and putting my breasts back where they belong!!! Ha ha, thanks breastfeeding!

I will def let you know what I think of them. I have actually never bought anything from VS before, nevermind a bathingsuit on line.

I weighed in this morning at 130.5. I started this challenge at 133, so 2.5  down per my weigh in. Also did really well food wise today so hopefully I can move forward. On Monday I will officially be done with classes and I will be 123 by the end of this challenge!

I think today might be blown. I can't wait until the next few days have passed and I have more free time so I can work out! I will be pushing it hardcore after classes get out. I will be able to focus on getting in shape.

Just got home from the pool party, potluck style. Had a small piece of homemade pizza, about 3/4 cup of homemade chinese chicken salad a cracker with cheese and some berries. As well as a yummy vodka cocktail, sugary I think and a piece of chocolate. Not terrible given the circumstances. The opportunity to go overboard was there for sure.

Back to work, just wanted to check in! Weigh in on Monday!

The weekend is here! Ha ha, this actually means nothing to me as I am an online student and I work crazy hours.

Today, I did not squeeze in a workout...I had a busy work day and I am in finals week! Ahhhh. So for fitness I get an F today!

However, I ended the day at 1310 cals! This is the best I have done in weeks. I snuck in an oatmeal cookie. But I feel great about it. I will prob have some green tea while I work on papers and what not.

Tomorrow we are attempting to take Mason to the movies in the theater! First one, I hope he does well. We are going to see Wall E. Then we are supposed to go to a pool party/bbq. Eeek. I really do not want to wear a bathing suit on front of a bunch of people I know. At all!

Have a good weekend!

And...I started this morning. I have been PMSing for days so now I am just glad it's here. I am def not weighing myself today!

So yesterday I had a seminar. They served breakfast when we got there but I knew it would be pastry and muffins and such. So I ate cereal at home and just had a cup of coffee.

Then they served lunch. A really nice spread. I took sensible portions and noticed everyone around me had ssooo much more on their plates! So I ate slloooow. I chose some green salad with artichoke and mushrooms, a piece of seabass, cold calamari salad, not fried! Just cold tossd with vinagrette and a small piece of baguette.

Then an hour later they served dessert. Canoli's and a few different cake's. I had.....none!!! I grabbed another coffee and a pellegrino. Go me! Our corporate trainer siad "you are not having any dessert?", I lied and said "I have date night with my husband so I am waiting to have dessert tonight". Total lie!!! But I did not want to say "I am watching what I eat" and hear all the objections to follow! It worked and I felt really good about not having dessert.

I have started today with cereal. I think even though I want low, cereal is a good choice for me, I need high fiber. So I had my new favorite cereal "Good Friends" by Kashi. It's so good! And 33% of your daily fiber per serving.

For lunch I packed a spicy italian sausage and some edamame. I love sausage! Kind of a weakness!

Rest if my food to be determined! Check back tomorrow!

I think I am going to work out, right now!

Sorry for the lengthy post.

Hey ladies!

Member76, welcome!

Irothell, your workout plan looks hardcore! For me anyways. I wish I could run 6 miles! I think it looks great, you have a good mix. Stay fueled!

I have been a liitle bad today, I am PMSing! 2 chocolate chip cookies at work :(  However, my weigh in this moring was 130.8. So if I can work out all week and eat sensibly, I think I can see 128 by the end of the week.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Taylor

I am so glad you all are joining me.

mywalker- welcome to CC! This place is the best, awesome info here, all the tools anyone needs besides the dedication!

irothell- we can do this! we have been buddy's for awhile, we have similar stats and goals as we know, lets do this together!

burnyh- i am just like you. I get below 130 and then I feel entitled to snack. Like "hey I am under 130, I can eat whatever I want" ha ha. We need to break that habit. Enjoy girls night!

hb- i know that you can kick ass! glad you are here! the wedding is awesome motivation!

I will be back to check in after work tonight..already did 30 day sculpt level 2 this morning. Had miso soup and a peach for breakfast, will have salad for lunch and have packed chiken and brown rice with edamame for dinner. Snacks will be string cheese and almonds.

Getting geared up for the weekend, weekends are tough. But if I do great today, I will not want to blow it!

<3

I am very sorry to hear about your mother. It's terrible.

Every death in my family has been due to some sort of cancer and all of the people I have lost led healthy lives. Go figure.

Grief is such a personal thing. One thing I can say is allow yourself to mourn for her when it does happen. I was very close with my grandfather when he passed and I tried to just continue my life thinking if I acted strong I was strong. In the end, that really came back to bite me and it took me a year to actually accept and grieve for him. We made sure that everyone got something of his to keep. I always get sad when I think about it still, but sometimes it motivates me, like I want to make him proud.

You and your sisters are so young. I can't imagine such a loss; and your mother of all people. One thing that may help is to do things with your sisters to remember your mom healthy and happy. If it is not too hurtful, maybe you can put albums together with your favorite photos of her. You guys could chat about your favorite memories.

Maybe most importantly, in being the oldest, is to not take this on by yourself and carry your sisters through. You can be a good role model to them and support them so long as you take care of yourself as well. One thing I remember is being afraid to be happy again. Like I felt guilty to be happy having lost someone I loved, as if it was not fair that he was gone and I was here smiling. Learning to deal with that was huge. And remembering all the times I laughed with him reminded me that he would not want me to be sad. I am sure your mom would want it the same way.

This is one of those times where I really wanted to reply, but am not quite sure what to say. There are no words of comfort and there is no right way to grieve. Now that you have accepted what will happen, I suppose it's one day at a time. Take things as they come, at first the days will get harder and eventually they get easier.

I am so sorry, best wishes to all of you. Cherish these moments with her and smile for her.

It's pretty much impossible to gain with a deficit. However, I have stepped on the scale the day after a small deficit and seen a slight gain, like if I had lots of carbs or sodium or lots of weight training. So no worries! You wont gain.

I would like to joint too, I hope that's okay. I figure as long as I hop in before the first weigh in.

I am 25, 5'4 or 5'5 and I weigh approx 130 (I have not weighed myself in a few days, big accomplishment for me, I love the scale!)

I actually had already set this goal for myself! I am going to the east coast to visit family at the end of march and I would love to be 10lb's closer to my goal of 115. I was 117 last year after having my son and then after I went back to work I gained it all back :(. So I know I can do it.

Good luck to everyone! Weigh in on Monday??