Posts by adrileigh

I've found that walking/running on an incline treadmill really leaves me sore right where you want a lift....I don't get sore there from anything else. Hope this works for you.

7 things i like about myself:

1. My skin/complexion
2. My smile (that's what attracted my husband)
3. My hair
4. My hands (strangely people compliment me too)
5. My feet (again, compliments....very strange, i wear a 10)
6. My genuine care for other people
7. My drive and contagiousness when I want to do something! :)

almost exact same situation as you megan44. i'm 27, will be 28 in march and i weigh 164. i always weighed about 140ish through college but when i was pregnant i gained 50 lbs! after that i've fluctuated between 155-178. i really want to get down to 150 by my birthday in march! i started running (using that post on the cc website that teaches you how to run week by week). i was doing great before christmas, i lost nearly 17 lbs! now i'm struggling to eat right again.

got to make it happen!! :)

I'm in. Sorry, getting a late start Jan 3.

Weight = 164lbs

Goal weight is 148 by March 9th my birthday.

Goal weight by February 28th is 153!

:) LET'S GO!!

monday 17th - 161.5 lbs

With just a little over a week to go until Christmas, and 5 "get-togethers" to go to + a classful of children bringing me sweet treats, I feel like my goal should almost be to maintain my weight. I really don't want to feel like that, but I know I'll be happy if I can just stay where I am.

Does anyone else feel this way, or should I be stepping it up a notch during this week. Maybe with my workouts, so that these sweet treats won't sabotage my weight loss! ?????? Any thoughts?

Good news is I've already been to several Christmas events and haven't gained any weight. I think since joining this site, my overeating is MUCH MUCH less than what my overeating used to be! At least now I pick and choose my treats or higher calorie foods and don't eat ALL of them!

I totally get it now. I thought I had to read through each post to find the challenges, but you are just updating the first post!! Sorry, I'm usually not this slow!!!!! HA HA!

sorry for all the posts, but i'm actually home today!

Completed Challenges: 12/8

Hamstring Curl- 2 sets of 20

Knee Raised Crunch- 83 (aaahhh!)

Exercise-15 minutes - Treadmill (i'm trying to teach myself how to run again!)

Positive Challenge- Donated 20+ Cans to Share-A-Christmas--Gives toys, food, and coats to children and families who are in need. My daughter really gets into it. I think we are going to try for a soup kitchen also. I'll let you know if we do!

Thanks merkee. You sound like me. I definitely think i'm 20 lbs lighter in my head too! It's crazy how it just creeps on.

Well thanks for the advice. I like the quote i heard earlier about exercise. "if you wouldv'e started exercising when you first thought about it, it would be done by now..." that is SOOOO true! I do too much thinking and not enough action sometimes! :)

Good luck!! I want to get into the 150's sooo bad! It's been about 3 1/2 years since I've see #'s in the 150's !

push up challenge- is it just as many as you can do consecutively??    if so i did 26, boy i'm out of shape!

love all dark chocolate. cocoa via almond chocolate bars are awesome. it's substantial enough to make it satisfying. :)

dark chocolate kisses are awesome too! and one is a great after a meal. (i have a major sweet tooth for chocolate.)

Adrileigh is parts of my real name put together. A little about myself...I'm also 27 years old, I'm a teacher and have one child. I was always very active in sports in high school and college. Then I became pregnant and gained nearly 60 lbs. Aaaahh. That was 7 years ago, so I've stopped blaming it on my pregnancy. After the birth of my child, I quickly lost weight and got down to 155 lbs. Since then I gained abou 20 lbs. Not even realizing how much I had gained.....?? So I started cc and and was 176 and within a month down to 165-166. My goal weight is 148 and I'm 5'8". I'm a little concerned that these next 18 lbs. will be harder then the first 10.

I'm excited about this group....

12/1/07- 8x 8oz. water

:)