Posts by ocean_girl88

SW: 136.6

LW: 135.4

TW: 134.6

I'll take it!  Eating these past few days has not been spectacular.  But I'm planning on eating like a saint for the next few days so I don't feel guilty about Thanksgiving.  I didn't have a Thanksgiving last year since I was studying abroad in Australia then, so I fully plan on making up for it this year .

Have a great week everyone!!

Alright so here are my measurements!  I had to take them with a piece of string and a ruler, so they might not be totally accurate, but it works!

Bust: 36.25

Hips: 35

Arms: 11

Thighs: 22

Waist: 29.75

Calfs:13

Motivation: so first is a bikini for this upcoming summer.  I've never been able to wear one...ever.  So I'd be thrilled :)  vain I know but true.  Also, the field I'm getting into (hopefully!) many times requires you to wear a bathing suit and/or wet suit in front of potentially thousands of people at a time.  I'd like to be able to feel good about doing that.  So here's to a great 10 weeks!!

I'd love to join!!  I really need a group like this (that doesn't die) to keep me motivated!

START     Nov 12-14: 135.4 (It's TTOM, but I'll use this weight anyway!)
Week 1.   Nov 19-21:
Week 2.   Nov 22-28:
Week 3.   Nov 29-Dec 5:
Week 4.   Dec 6-12:
Week 5.   Dec 13-19:     
Week 6.   Dec 20-26:
Week 7.   Dec 27-Jan 2:
Week 8.   Jan 3-9:
Week 9.   Jan 10-16:
FINISH.   Jan 17-23:

My goal by the final week is 127.  I think that's pretty attainable!  It's about 1 lb a week.  Have a great week everyone!!

LW: 137.8

CW: 136.6

Sweetness!  Not sure why that happened but I'm lovin it!  It may be a bit of water weight b/c I'm working on getting the right amount of water back into my diet and I drank A LOT yesterday.  But it's all good!  Here's to another week of awesome eating! :)

I'm so in!  It seems like everyone here has such similar stats to me!  I'm 21, 5'4", and 139.  I've lost 33.5 lbs so far and these last 15 are driving me insane!  I keep jumping back up to 140/141.  By body just does NOT want to let go of the 140s.  Everytime I get to 139 it just jumps back up no matter what I do! Very frustrating.  But I've just gotta keep on trucking and hang in there.  The same thing happened when I hit 149...by body didn't want to let go of the 150s either, so I guess I should have expected this.  I've also started seriously slacking now that I'm so close to my goal.  I've stopped religiously counting calories and that's sooo bad.  So I need to get back on track!

I'm here!  Damn I'm really sorry guys.  So before it was just my internship keeping me busy, but the past few weeks I've also been working at the aquarium gift shop on my days off...so that's 45+ hours with the whales and then another 18 at the gift store.  Absolute craziness.  I'm exhausted like all the time, but it needs to be done :).  SO.  Everything on my front has been fantastic!  Everything is extremely slow going BUT it's going.  Excitingly, today, for the first time, I weighed in in the 130s!  139.6 but hey it counts!  I don't even remember the last time I was there.  So freakin excited.  And the best part is I'm not really counting here on CC, but am doing more counting in my head and I'm still losing.  I think I'm going to end up going back to counting when school starts up again because I won't be as active as I am now, but it's nice to know that I can still lose without having to count everything I put in my mouth.

And pink, good for you for hanging in there!  You're doing fantastic!  Sorry I haven't been around...but in 3 weeks the internship will be over (which will be like the worst day ever) and I will be back at school with plenty of time to be on CC!  Keep on truckin girl!

START     June 25-27: 146
Week 1.   July 2 - 4: 144.5
Week 2.   July 9-11: 143.4
Week 3.   July 16-18: 143.4
Week 4.   July 23-25:
Week 5.   July 30-Aug1:     
Week 6.   Aug 6-8:
Week 7.   Aug 13-15:
Week 8.   Aug 20-22:
Week 9.   Aug 27-29:
FINISH.   Sept 3-5:

I'm currently in the middle of TTOM so this is great that I've stayed the same!  Just a few more days and I should be down a fair amount more.  Woot!

Alright I vow now to start counting everything that goes in my mouth again.  I have been slacking/guessing far too much for far too long now.  I've still been losing, but I feel that if I start counting again it'll happen a bit faster.  I'm only a few pounds from the 130s and I can almost taste it.  So here's to battering down the hatches and going for it!

Hello!  Gahhh I'm so sorry I haven't been here in a while...ok a really long time.  But yeah this internship is completely consuming every second I have.  I work 4 almost 12 hour days a week and then am totally busy doing other work for the internship on my days off.  BUT things have been going ok weight loss wise....extremely slow but ok.  I'm down to 144.8 now but I'm only losing about 1 lb a week on average.  I know that that's just fine, but it's still frustrating you know?!  Oh well.  Slow and steady wins the race I guess.  I've also completely slacked on counting.  I don't even remember the last time I entered my food on here.  But I'm still losing so I can't be doing too terrible without it.  I definately should get back on track though and see if that helps me lose weight any faster.  I'm definately going to try and make a bigger effort on posting here too!  I miss talking to you guys.

START     April 16-18: 149.6
Week 1.   April 23-25: 150.2
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 150.4
Week 3.   May   7 - 9: 148.4
Week 4.   May 14-16: 148.4
Week 5.   May 21-23: 148.6
Week 6.   May 28-30:  147.0  
Week 7.   June  4 - 6: 147.0
Week 8.   June 11-13:146.5
Week 9.   June 18-20: 146.0
FINISH.   June 25-27:

Sorry I've been MIA...this internship is taking up so much of my time!  But I love it so I don't really mind.

Ok so to catch up  on the challenges.  Soundtrack: I love jamming out to really any upbeat song by Rascal Flatts.  I just love them.  Their version of Life Is A Highways is so damn catchy.  My fav snack is 2-3 wasa crackers and a wedge of laughing cow cheese!  So amazing for so few cals.

I'm still here! Sorry!  Man this internship is keeping me beyond busy.  I wake up at 6, am at work by 715ish, and don't get back until 7pm.  Then all I do is have dinner and go to bed before I do it all over again!  Absolute craziness but I love it.  Haha the only reason I think I'm posting now is cause it's my day off.  BUT I'm down to 146.6!  It's pretty exciting...but it's SOOOO slow going.  It's really annoying actually.  At least I've successfully left the 150s in the dust.

Blink I'm glad to hear you're happy now at home!  Go you!  Life's too short to be doing something that makes you miserable.

So it's TTOM right now and I don't weigh myself during that time, BUT I will post my last weight before TTOM started....

START     April 16-18: 149.6
Week 1.   April 23-25: 150.2
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 150.4
Week 3.   May   7 - 9: 148.4
Week 4.   May 14-16: 148.4
Week 5.   May 21-23: 148.6
Week 6.   May 28-30:  147.0  
Week 7.   June  4 - 6:
Week 8.   June 11-13:
Week 9.   June 18-20:
FINISH.   June 25-27:

Finally a loss!  And that was the day before TTOM, so it'll hopefully be down even more when it's all over.  Sorry I didn't weigh in yesterday...my internship is keeping me beyond busy with 11 hour work days and I just forgot.  But I love the new challenge and I'll get right on it as soon as I can!  Awesome!

I know this is really really bad.  Time to get those rally caps on!

So the other day I hit 147!  Gah finally.  I even saw low 146s at one point.  Then TTOM hit a few days later, but I'm pretty pumped that even just a few days before TTOM I hit a new low!  I think my internship is all the exercise I needed to get my metabolism crankin.  And lemme tell you it's a crazy long day.  But I'm learning some new behaviors with the whales now!  And they're actually starting to get to know me which is really fun to see.  I just come home completely exhausted.  And on top of that we're now moving from 5, 8hr days a week to 4, 10 hour days!  10 hours?!  Man I can hardly stand 8.  But that means more time with the whales.  I just have a hard time figuring out now how much I need to eat because of how much more I'm probably burning b/c of my job.  It's gonna take some time to figure out I guess. 

PINK: you'll be right in no time.  Just give it some time, don't be too hard on yourself, and it'll get there.  You're awesome!

BLINK: yay for working out!  Making that little bit of time makes all the difference in the world huh?  You go girl!

START     April 16-18: 149.6
Week 1.   April 23-25: 150.2
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 150.4
Week 3.   May   7 - 9: 148.4
Week 4.   May 14-16: 148.4
Week 5.   May 21-23: 148.6
Week 6.   May 28-30:    
Week 7.   June  4 - 6:
Week 8.   June 11-13:
Week 9.   June 18-20:
FINISH.   June 25-27:

Wow.  Ummmm ok.  Not sure what's up here.  I'm doing everything I'm supposed to.  I think that TTOM is going to crop up soon but my body if fighting more weight loss like there's no tomorrow.  I guess I'm just gonna have to wait it out.

As for the challenge, I started my whale internship!  And lemme tell ya, running around cleaning the exhibit, cleaning buckets, preparing fish, training the whales, lifting crazy heavy buckets of fish and 50+ pounds of chemicals all day every day for 8+ hours?? Now THAT is a work out I haven't had before.  I come back completely exhausted and am ready to go to bed by like 7 :).

Thanks for the advice!  That's what I was thinking but it was good to get a second opinion.

And yes amethystgirl it's Mystic Aquarium...are you from the area?