Posts by aperfectblink

YOU GUYS. WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE CHALLENGE. LET'S AT LEAST FINISH STRONG!

pink! that is so freakin exciting girl! 5 pounds.. way to go! so glad you're back on the wagon :) even if you aren't reaching your goal soon, look at how far you've come! i think we should focus on the progress we've made throughout this challenge rather than the weight loss aspect. also, weight watchers is very good about helping you do everything the healthy way, and it teaches you to make lifelong changes rather than temporary dieting changes. i'm so happy for you! keep up the good work!

don't know where everyone else is... but hope you guys are making healthy choices! hehe

i'm mostly on the wagon.. haha, mostly. i've been moving around weight-wise, playing a game of gain and lose, but i think it has a lot to do with the exercise i've been doing. i think i'm still gaining muscle and it's changing the way i'm losing weight. i know that i'm looking better and probably losing inches, but i'm not losing as many pounds. yesterday i ran 1.25 mi straight (that's what i've been trying to do lately, i started with just trying to get to 1mi and at 4.5mph) and at the end of it i was running at 5.5 mph.. that's the fastest i've gone yet! i wasn't even too exhausted afterward!

hmph.. i'm still 10 pounds away from my ultimate goal.. pretty much where i started (and have been this whole time), but i'm being healthy and not worried about that part yet cause i'm starting to like how i look. i've been thinking about posting actual pics on here.. i don't know, i never wanted to before but now i'm like hey! i'm doing it! let's show it off! but who knows.. i have to go to work soon and i have quite the head ache.. not excited. 

*tip-toes in... looks around...

HEY!! alright, so i went on vacation and haven't been on since i've gotten back (aug 2) .. but that's NOT OKAY! of course, i gained a tad while i was away, but i'm not fretting it! workin out and losin the pounds, baby! haha, fast food has been calling my name lately though, BAH! but yeah, i'm back! hope everyone's past couple of weeks have been good.

let's see, i spent $500 shopping yesterday. most money i've ever spent in one day. and damn that's a lot. but i really needed it, and back to school shopping was also appropriate. none of my clothes fit anymore. well, now they do :) happy!! 

pink, thats such a good way to look at things - you don't each other and you can talk forever about anything. i've never realized that.. i'm always like oh ****, what if it's awkwarD? you know.. but i guess you may never see that person again anyways, so why care. glad you've kept the thread going! looks like you've been doing well, i always tend to slip up during the weekends, but i make up for it during the week. i'm alright with the gain afterwards cause i know it'll go away. oh! i did weight watchers a couple years ago, i really liked it, but i didn't want to have to pay and the friend i was doing it with quit, so i decided to just join this and do it myself. i like the meetings and booklets they give out. it's nice to talk about it and have that support, but CC has been good for me. oh, WW is SO GOOD about accountability.. cause each week you HAVE to be weighed in, so there's no hiding and it's always no fun to gain. 

surfer, that is fantastic! i can't believe your schedule, you really must be exhausted. i get tired after my work that's half of the hours you put in! congratulations on reaching the 130s!! that's awesome, girl! 

pink, that is crazy about your coworker! i can't imagine anyone trying to steal from TCS, well at least not coworkers. what did you do? grats on going to the gym! i always feel that working out helps me - even if i'm not on track in terms of dieting. i think my body is truly starting to change too - tonage, baby, hell yeah! oh, i also suggest finding more things to eat! i don't want you getting bored and jumping out of our limo. i've decided that we aren't on a wagon. we have a limo. we roll in styyllleeee.

i just had sushi for lunch - yum. my new fave is the cucumber rolls. they aren't really sushi since they don't have any fish in them, but they're so good. its just the rice, seaweed, and cucumber in the middle! they're healthy and about 155 calories for a whole roll (8 pieces), or at least that's what i've found online. yay! i want to go shopping but dealing with the mall isn't very fun and i'm supposed to go work out soon.. i'm gonna try and run a mile at 5.0 today! wish me luck.. hah

yay! SO HAPPY TO COME BACK TO POSTS! glad you guys are here :)

i worked this morning and have just been relaxing around the house all day. its been nice. 4th of july was a bit of setback on the diet, but hey, i'm not too worried. well. kind of? i weighed 117.0 the on the 3rd. i had been doing SO WELL. i'm up above 120 on the scales now.. but i'm crossing my fingers its just water weight (it has to be, right?), eating normally, and drinking lots of wa wa. 

pink,  your bunnies sound adorable. i've always wanted one, i think they are soooo darling when they're younger but i'm not too wild about them when they're older and fat and don't care about you anymore, haha. i'm thinking i'll either get a puppy, kitten, or another pygmy goat once i move out. yep, a pygmy goat. i'm actually kind of leaning that way because i loved the one i used to have so much. 

surfer, weight loss may be slow, but look at it this way, you've been slacking a bit, you've gotten to eat a bit more, a bit worse, etc, and you're still down! that's sooo good. i wish that could happen to me, but nope. no no nope. i mean i still have my days though (like yesterday, tee hee).. 

i'm currently on the market, wait that doesn't sound right, i'm currently shopping the market (? lol) for horses! i've got the money and the time, just trying to find the right ones... which sucks, cause it definitely takes a while. i've been looking since the beginning of the summer.. cross your fingers for me! 

yay thread revival!

i just typed out a really long message and it got deleted and now i'm mad. GRRRR... i'll post later.

harl, you can do it! i know you can, just keep on trucking. update us with the results :)

pink! you're back! woohoo.. even if you're off the wagon now, it's never too early to get back on it. whenever i have trouble getting back on the wagon cause i want cake or queso or what not i always tell myself, i've had it before, i know what it tastes like, i'll have it again, just not right now.. just think, those foods will be there forever, it's not like you have to eat all of it now, moderation is key! just something i like to think about :) glad you're back!

i'm about to hit up the gym and do a little running and then lift. yay! my friends from colorado are coming to visit tomorrow and they're staying the week. it's going to be hell on my calorie intake.. ahhhh!

harl, that is really frustrating.. i'm not quite sure what to tell you. from what i can read, you seem to be eating healthy and not going over calories, which should make you lose weight. i've always heard that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% exercise, so you should still be able to lose without rearranging your day or exhausting yourself by staying up and working out at night. what i would say (and by no means am i an expert) is so try cycling your calories (1200 mon, 1350 tues, 1200 wed, 1400 thurs, etc) or changing where your calories go (i.e. bigger breakfast instead of such a large dinner). exercise would probably help you lose weight, but it seems like a harder step to take at this point for you. just stick with it, and the pounds will come off eventually. i've read that sometimes when you're losing weight your body holds on to it for a while because it's not exactly sure what's going to happen. just dont give up! you can do it girl!

*sneaks in... *waves...

i'll be around more lately. i've been super super busy lately. it's ridiculous. i finally broke down and told my parents about how i was unhappy at school, well okay, i broke down when they flipped **** on me about my grades (they were less than stellar). so, now, i'm completing my degree off-campus and finishing it here in dallas. it's SUCH a huge relief. it's also going to cost about 1/10th of what we pay for out of state tuition in colorado. i only have a semester to go, so i'm really happy about getting to stay home and work and just get it done. 

when it comes to my weight, i fell off the wagon again.. haha typical. i'm back on now though and i didnt really gain. i've been maintaining which is alright with me, as long as i'm not gaining, i'm alright with it. i'm still working out, which is AWESOME. i want to really work on my thighs and arms, those are my problem areas. i'm also trying to gain endurance because i can't run for very long intervals.

where is liz? where did ocean go? summer is so much harder to stay on track! so many temptations. we can do it though! keep on truckin' ladies. heads high! 

YAY! i was hoping everyone (ish) would be back! i kind of messed up today and ate a bunch of chocolate cake. i made it the other day when my family and cousins and everyone had dinner at my house.. i managed to not eat any then, but today i decided to eat some. oh well :) i'm working out later.

pink, no idea why it isn't messaging you anymore. check out your settings and make sure the right box is checked. so glad you're back! sounds like bunny is more fun not being fixed.. i'd do what you're doing. i didn't know you played drums! that's so awesome, i got into drums while i was in high school, but haven't played for a while. girl, you rock! seriously. you've been working out even with your knee? i'm impressed!

harl, welcome back! i understand the fear of being above a certain weight when you haven't scaled in a while.. you can do it though! better to know now and really get back on track than to do well and step on to think you haven't lost any.. if that makes sense? i didn't know you were about to get married!! you should've told us! how was it? where did you honeymoon? congrats!

surfer, i'm still uber jealous. want to switch jobs ? yeah, didn't think so. that is really neat that whales begin to recognize people like domesticated animals, then again, i guess those whales have been sort of domesticated. what all do you do at your internship? is it just a watch and research kind of thing, or more of a hands-on approach? i hope its the latter, cause that would be way more fun. 10 hours a day?! i can barely handle 7 hour shifts at work.. but then again i don't get to work with fun animals and play in the water with them. OH, and i bet once you get off TTOM, you'll be down another pound. i betcha! congrats for breaking the 50s!

i worked out again today.. and it was awesome. i RAN on the treadmill for the first time. that sounds kind of pathetic, but i've been an elliptical junkie ever since i started working out. i decided that treadmills simulate outdoor running more accurately and have since been planning to switch over, but have never gotten the guts. i had a bad incident with a treadmill when i was younger.. hah, yep.. one of those turn it up as high as it can go and try to run on it things.. i kept holding the handles, but my feet had flown behind me and the tread was just ripping apart my knees and i was scared to let go for some reason, and when i finally did my whole body like smacked the tread and flew backwards. now that i think about it, its almost hilarious.. but as a 12 year old, somewhat terrifying. lol. ANYWAYS... so today i got over that. i started out by walking at 4.0 mph on a small incline for 15 minutes and then i ran at 5.0 for ten. i know it isn't much, but i want to work up from there and not burn myself out. i feel great! i have work in an hour too and that means more exercise cause i'm walking, lifting, climbing ladders, and carrying things the whole time.

if you peoples don't get your butts in here soon, i'm gonna come a-knockin on your doors. haha, not really, but COMe BACK!

come on you guys?! what happened? where did everyone run away to?

well, i've been doing pretty well, lifted again today and ran for a bit. i'm trying to get back into working out without burning myself out in the beginning. it's been good so far and i love the burn! i'm feeling a walk with my dog is in order soon too, yay! i expect more posts when i visit this thread later on today. i MEAN IT. 

LADIES!? WHERE ARE Y'ALL? i need yoouuu.. i've been being really good lately, and i started lifting weights today (gasp*), i actually enjoy it a lot and my semi-boyfriend goes every other day so i figure i'll go with him on those days and just run alone during his off days. please come back :( i miss y'all!

I'M DONE WITH FINALS!!! hooray! i'm pretty sure i bombed the last one, but what can ya do. i'm back home in texas (yeeessssss!) and i'm already feeling more on track. i saw all my friends tonight and i can't help but want them to be like ... you've lost weight! but oh well. i'm gonna get up and go for a jog tomorrow morning. i really want to get into running. i'm golden on the elliptical, but put me outside and i can only go ten feet. that's what i'd like to work on this summer. also! i plan on making some investments, namely, horses! horseback riding is great exercise, not to mention the other time spent grooming, cleaning out stalls, chasing them in a field to catch them, etc. can't wait!

you guys..... i have gotten 2 hours of sleep each of the previous nights. i am so delirious, but i have SO MUCH STUDYING TO DO. ahhhhh.. i'm a wired maniac right now. my final is at 7am (ridiculous, right?) and if i went to bed now i would only get 3 and 1/2 hours of sleep and i would fail my exam. i wonder how bad this is for my body. miraculously i haven't gone too far over my intakes. i figure if i studying real hard and being awake and doing things for longer than the "day" then i should be allowed a little extra :) .. well i have to get back to studying so i can maybe catch a nap later. hope everyone is doing well! I GO HOME TOMORROW! oh and PS tomorrow is going to be the day from hell. so much to get done, and not enough time at all.