Posts by cmiller7

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing good. I am sorry I have been MIA for the last couple of weeks. I have been so busy trying to do stuff for the school, the business, and the kids I haven't had time to even think about entering calories. I really do need to make the time though because I eat so badly when I am not keeping track of it. I haven't weighed myself recently because I don't want to know what has happened over the last couple of weeks. I will have to weigh on Wednesday though so I better start talking myself into it now. :) I have to go pick up my daughter but I wanted to check in really quick and see how everyone is doing. I hope you are all doing great!

Christie

Hi, I'm here still - I forgot to weigh in yesterday. It's been busy with the business and all. I don't have long to post because we're off to Brady's first t-ball game. But I did want to check in.

Last week: 225.8

This week: 223

Yay! 2.8lbs back in the right direction!

trixie - hang in there - having been a military wife I know how it is to start over and not have anyone around you know. It will get better. I am on facebook let me know how and I will add you :)

Welcome Safina!

Jasmine: I ripped the belt loops on my favorite jeans (a great sign to get back to the gym, huh?) LOL :) We're back at it now so it will get better. I am sorry you are having to go through all of that with the allergies and surgery.

Well, I have to get going but I will try to get back here tomorrow. Talk to you soon - keep up the good work!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing good. Good here. I have been working out at home this week. Sticking to my calories has been tough but I am working on it. Well, it's weigh in day so here goes...

Not sure what last week was but this week I am at 225.8. I can't wait to see that number get lower. :)

Have a great day and keep up the good work!

Hi everyone! Is anyone still out there? Sorry I have been gone so long. My hubby came home and I have been trying to start up a business and I have been so busy. I really do need to figure out a way to get back to what I was doing before because I am way off track. I weighed myself this morning and I was back up to 223! I am so mad at myself for letting myself get back that high. I have been very sporatic about exercising and my eating habits have been horrible. So I am back for good hopefully this time. I really want to get the rest of this weight off. I used to feel comfortable in my clothes and fit and healthy and now I am back to feeling my roll hang over my jeans (ugh!) and I am worried if this keeps up I will have to go back up a size! That would really stink. So, here goes. Back to it. Hopefully with the weather getting warmer I will be more motivated. Wish me luck. :) Hope everyone is doing good.

Lisa: I am a recovering Coca Cola addict and I drink/love Pepsi One and now I don't even like the taste of Coke (I know - it's hard to imagine not liking it anymore). Welcome!

Jasmine: Good to hear you are feeling better.

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everybody in case I don'tget a chance to get online tomorrow. I'd weigh in too but I am hoping I wear off those weekend cookies by tomorrow. :) I ran 6mi yesterday which is my farthest run so I was excited about that and I worked out today for an hour so hopefully it works. :) I have to get going to do more baking. :( Keep up the good work everybody!

Christie

Hi everyone! It's weigh in day so here goes:

Last week: 217.8

This Week: 215.8

Loss: 2lbs

I didn't do anything to deserve losing two pounds, but I lucked out and here it is. I thought it might be because I lost muscle and gained fat but my BF percentage went down too. However it worked out, I will take it. I have to get up and get moving again. I have been struggling with the weather being so cold - it makes me want to stay in an hibernate.  Also, my daughter broke her finger and now on top of going to the school three times a day we have physical therapy appointments to add to the mix. But, I am hoping once I get moving I will be able to get back my momentum. I hope everyone is doing good. :) Keep up the good work!

Christie

Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a good holiday and is bracing themselves for the upcoming ones. :) Sorry I didn't post yesterday (weigh in day) but I have had the stomach flu and then my son had it so it's not been fun around here. Thanksgiving went good though - we had a nice break between Beau being sick and then me getting sick. Just long enough to eat WAY too much. So, needless to say I gained some weight and then of course managed to lose some of it back (never thought I'd be happy I got the stomach flu). I am finally starting to feel better today but I am having a hard time talking myself into doing my workout. I think it must be the cold weather. It always makes me want to curl up and watch it snow. :) Hopefully I will talk myself into it though. :) Well, enough stalling - here goes:

Last week: 215.8

This week: 217.8

Gain: 2 :(

Not too bad for Thanksgiving I guess but still kind of mad at myself for letting go on T-day. Oh well, back to it, right?

I hope everyone is doing good. Keep up the good work!

Christie

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is getting back on track - I know I am sure trying. :) I managed to run 4 miles yesterday again for the first time since before my hubby came home. My daughter even joined me. She just turned 7 and she really wanted work out clothes for her b-day so she could run with me. I figured it would be okay. I ran with my dad when I was little and she seemed to have a good time. She actually ran 1.8 miles which I thought was pretty good. Then I took her back to the child watch and finished mine. She wants an ipod now too. :) It's nice that she wants to do that and it gives me a way to spend time alone with her since I am usually so wrapped up with taking care of Beau (19 mos.). Okay, I will quit stalling - it's weigh in day for me today. I really had these grand plans to be at 215 by today, but no such luck. Birthday cake didn't help. :( So here goes:

Last week: 219

This week: 217.2

loss: 1.8lbs

My body fat went down and muscle went up so at least everything is heading in the right direction again. :)

I have to get going - dr. appt. I hope everyone is doing great - talk to you soon!

Keep up the good work!

Christie

Hi everyone! Sorry, I have been so busy with back to school and playdates I  forgot to weigh in on Wednesday and almost forgot again today! Well, here goes:

Last week: 212.00

This week: 211.4

Loss: 0.6lbs - 

Total since August 2007: 68.6lbs (Come on 70lbs - so close!)

I will take it - at least I am still moving in the right direction. :) Although, I took the kids to Red Robin while school shopping today as a back to school treat so that may change. But, I bought my first pair of size 16 shorts in a long time! They aren't baggy or anything but they aren't uncomfortable either. They are cute too and they were half off - so it was a good day today. :) Yay! I hope everyone is doing good!

Welcome back Trixie! The important thing is that you are continuing on and getting back on track! Keep at it! :)

m_borja: Welcome! We just pick a day we like and (try) to weigh in on the same day every week. Everyone has a different one so go with what is best for you. :) We're here for you - you can do this!

Hope you all have a great weekend! Keep up the good work!

Where is everyone? Come on girls! Don't give up now - we've all come too far! We got this! I hope everyone is doing okay. Good here. Although apparently my plateau is alive and well. I pulled an all nighter last night working on the newsletter for Ella's school which with me usually involes really bad snacking so I was surprised it wasn't worse. I have been bad - I admit it. I am still working out and even swimming some (but I hope to start being able to go more frequently). Also, Friday, My Sis and I got to have girl's night out because our gym does this parent's nite out thing. We had so much fun! We went to an Improv place and had a yummy dinner. But, I had a margarita and I bet those have a ton of calories. We had appetizers before the show too so I did really bad. Other than those slip-ups I am pretty much back on track though. I have been making a lot of the Cooking Light recipes and I have been trying to visualize the number 210 in my head so I can get past this but so far nada. :) Oh well, it's weigh in day so here goes...

Last week: 212.6

This week: 213.4

Gain: (darn it) 0.08lbs

But, on a positive note I lost 0.2 more percent Body Fat and gained 0.1 percent more muscle. So, at least that's heading in the right direction. :) Well, I really hope everyone is doing good and still working hard. I miss all of you and hope to hear from you soon! Keep up the good work!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing good. Good here - it's weigh in day and that is not good, darn it. Oh well, motivation for next week I guess. Well, here are the numbers:

Last week: 214.6

This week: 216 :(

Gain: 1.4lbs

Darn it! I am hoping it's related to that time of the month (pretty please) but I didn't eat so good yesterday (out running around - I am so bad when I eat out) and when I weighed myself yesterday I was at 213 so I am guessing it was more bad habit than monthly occurance. Well, I will just have to work harder this week. I really want to be below 200 before Chris comes home (thinking positively) in August. That would be great - but now I will have to work that much harder. Shoot! :)

jasmine: good job on your loss! Krispy Kremes are the only doughnuts I like. They are SO good! Luckily I have no idea if there is one near here and I hope to keep it that way. It's bad enough that there are two Dairy Queens, two Cold Stones, and three Cinnabons! :/

I hope everyone is doing good. Keep up the good work guys!

Congrats! Way to go! You SHOULD be proud of yourself - you have earned it and I know from experience that it wasn't easy. I have to admit I envy you - I started out at 280 and am trying to get to 152 (128lb loss). I just reached my halfway point and your post is a total inspiration to keep going! Thank you! I love the progression photos. I wish I had done that - but to be honest I didn't want a camera anywhere near me at the time but now I sort of regret that. It would help to remind me not to get back on the wrong track again. I would love to hear more about how you did it too - I can always use more pointers. :) Great job! Way to go!

Hey everbody! I hope everyone is doing good! Good here! I ran my four miles today and only had to stop once! Yay! I've been a little munchy lately but I am really hoping it's a pms thing and that it will pass (quickly, please). :)

jasmine: Thanks so much! I had a great birthday. They are a little tough when Chris isn't here. But, he is thinking he might be able to come home in Aug (cross your fingers). I found a really good Thai place and had a Thai iced tea. A little dangerous that it is so close by though. :) Then I met my Sis for dinner and had a margerita and it was SO good. :) Yay! You are working so hard on your house - that has got to be burning some major calories. Keep up the good work!

wannabefitter: Welcome back! I was really worried about you! I am glad to hear that you want to get back on track - that is half the battle. It is tough to get going again (it was hard after that week the kids and I were sick) but once you do you will be so proud of yourself and it will all fall in line again for you. You can do it! Kinda like swimming - you just have to jump in because if you think too much about it you will psych yourself out. Go girl! You got this!

Hope everyone has a great day! Keep up the good work!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing good - good here. Just getting over being sick. It started out as a simple congestion and yuckiness thing and then when all of us started feeling better finally we got a stomack bug. Ugh! It was awful. The good news is that I managed to lose weight without working out because I didn't want to eat. The bad news is that I didn't work out. But, I was back at it today and boy I have to tell you - I sucked! I could barely run a mile much less 4! it was so awful. I could barely breathe. Oh well, I guess I just have to work my way back up to it darn it. Well, it's weigh in day so here goes:

Last week: 217.8

This week: 216 (got down to 214 darn it but when I was able to drink and eat I put those two pounds right back on. Still, happy to have any loss.)

Total since August: 64lbs! I am officially half way there. Oh! Also, I moved from the "Obese" to the "moderately overweight" category - yay - finally!

Jasmine: There is something to be said about maintaining - it's still a lot of work! Hope your allergies are better.

Shayna: Great job on your loss - I hope you will still check in with us even with your new hot self. :) Your summer sounds a lot like mine (only hotter I am sure). We start swim lessons at the end of June and the kids are so excited (but my babies are growing up so fast :(  ). Sorry to hear you were sick as well. I have decided that at least it's good we got it out of the way right off the bat. Now hopefully this will be it for the summer. :)

Have a great day everyone (btw - where is everybody? I am worried about all of us losing focus over the summer - so keep at it. :) We can do it!

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is doing good - good here! It's been a little hectic with zoo field trips and getting ready for the end of the school year. Today is weigh in day so here goes:

last week: 222.8

This week: 220.8

Loss: 2lbs (inching ever closer)

Total since August: 59.2 (come on 60!)

I feel pretty good about it. My muscle went up and body fat went down and this weight has always been a struggle for me to get past. So I will just have to keep at it. :) I am up to 45 minutes on my runs and I added another circuit in my weights so I am up to four now. I am hoping that once I can get past the 220 mark officially, things will start really moving again. :)

wannabefitter: Good to hear from you! I was worried. Glad to hear that you are back at it! You can do it! I have always wanted to go there. I hope your hip/back are better.

welcome healthydiet!

jasmine: Thanks! It's kind of fun once you get past the trauma of dragging yourself through the first few runs. :) Great job on holding steady!

trixie: Congrats on getting into the 150s!

ka2007: You'll be back to where you were before you know it. :)

Keep up the good work everyone! Have a great day!