130/120 Club?

No apologies for long posts Danni..haha..you make me feel less of a 'freak' *lack of a better term* for all the long posts I always do..haha.

Thanks for your comments!

HAHAHA about your 'silent movie' comment about Carrie and the rain. Awww! :)

Oooh..I wanna go on the cruise!!! :) Jealous!

Hope you have a Fabulous time! Get in at least 1 good gym workout lady! :)

You're doin' great so far...yay to your good gym workout last night!

I hear ya on feelin' like it's already 8pm when I get outta work at 5pm too. :/

Waffle Cone Wednesday  :(

I'm so sad for WCW :(  I miss Rebekkah.  I hope she is doing okay and comes back soon.

Ingrid!  I didn't know who you were at first since you changed your name.  I love the new name :)  And, thank you for the running vibes.  I was feeling them this morning.  I was able to get out this morning before the storm blew in.  I don't know what it's like in Michigan, but I live up against a very large mountain range and the wind is NASTY when a storm blows in.  I got in a very easy 7 miles.  It was so easy, I probably should have done more.  Tomorrow is supposed to be very yucky, and possibly snowy, so I'm hoping for 5 on the treadmill.  I am so excited for you and your 126.  I hope you are feeling good about it.  I know you said that you're still feeling a little lost with running and weight, etc.  But, I want you to also celebrate your accomplishments.

Danni-I'm so excited for you to go on vacation.  I'm living vicariously through you.  Where is your cruise going?  I know you've said...but now I can't remember.  Bahamas?  Way to get the workouts in before you leave!

Rennai-I'm so sad to hear you depressed.  I feel like that is not like you (ya know, cause I know you so well.  ha ha)  Whenever I played with my BC and skpped my period it was the worst.  Way bloated and yucky.  So that's probably all it is. And, you are tall and beautiful! (exlamation point!) and not fat at all!  I'm so glad things are going good with David.  You deserve it.

Margo-Very good weigh in! I love reading your posts.  It's like things are back to normal around here :)  I love the support you offer.  It's so genuine.

Carrie, I was totally thinking of you when Ida came ashore!  And loved your story about the rain.  It just doesn't rain like that here, so I can hardly imagine.  But, I could totoally see you laughing and not letting it get to you...right?  I'm glad your back to 129 :)  And can't wait to celebrate with you when you see 128.5 :)  It will come!  I am so not looking forward to the tampon days again....they are approaching though.  You can only be so lucky for so long :)

Heather!  Glad to see you pop in!  I hope Carrie can work it out for you.  Isn't she the best for managing all of this?

I don't have much to add about me.  Looks like there is some treadmill running in my future this week, and weekend, and I'm not sure how I'm going to get a long run in on Saturday on the treadmill.  Ugh.  And, my baby usually loves the stroller.  He has never cried once in it.  This morning he was so sad, and it made it so hard to keep going. I think he was mourning the loss of his "boob time" this morning.  I cut out his morning feeding today....planning on weaning completely in about 5 days.  Hello some weight gain, I'm sure. Anyway, finally when I decided I had to turn back towards home because he wasn't going to calm down, he fell asleep.  So then of course my whole plan was thrown and I had to run more hills than I had anticipated.  Plus, I was running so fast the first 4 miles because he was crying---I thought I would have no energy left, but I did fine. 

Hey there...i am so tired today.  I was actually on the phone with a HUGE sponsor today and I completely blanked and was in a fog.  I couldn't think at all to answer her questions....so bad.  This company gives us over $150k a year.  greatttt...... So two coffees later i made it through the day.  I didn't workout today because i am so tired so now I feel blah. 

Rennai-totally understand how you feel.  Just one day at a time.  Sometimes i get like that.  Almost in a crazy state where I am desperately upset over my body and feel totally helpless, but then i force myself to check in and take control...it sucks though when my emotions take me to that place. 

Greta-amazing long runs!  I am bad at reading all of the posts because I don't log on enough but are you training for a race?  I never run more than 5 unless i am training for something. 

I am afraid to weigh myself tomorrow (i weigh in on thursdays) because i have only worked out 2 times since last thursday.  GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD.  When am i going to actually do the 4-5 workouts in a week that i want to?  See Rennai, i am so annoyed with myself for never doing the workouts that i intend on doing.  I always have an excuse.  Today it , my back and i am tired.  blah. 

I need to motivate for morning workouts.  Once the day gets going, there is so much room for screwing up my schedule.

okay. rambling.  check in soon.

dmartinneau- sorry, don't know people's names!  yeah, 4 am sucks... and generally i am in bed by 9 at the latest.  it kills me to get up but once i'm up and going i feel great afterwards.  the mornings i lay in bed and don't get up i feel like crud the rest of the day...  if my darling daughters would sleep a bit later like normal children i could get up a little later-- oh how nice 5 would be!  lol!  i have 2 of the worst sleeping kids EVER!

i hope rebekkah will come back with good news soon... i think she needs a new doctor #1 and i've been passing on my "words of wisdom" (ha ha) from my own hellish experience... i feel so bad for her right now...

you all seem so nice... can i lurk here a bit longer... i have like 10-15 lbs to lose and am more in the 120's to 110's club but maybe you'll let me stay?!

Hey guys.. Haven't been on in 2 days and there seriously is like a novel to read. I didn't read it all just skimmed through. Oh new profile pic... It was from Saturday. Now you can see me with my real hair... well not real because I color it but you know what I mean..

Happy WCW (maybe Rebekkah is watching).

Ok I totally missed Ingrids new name.. I will have to look back and see so I am in the loop for next time.

Rennai- I know how you feel, although you are perfect... read on.

So I am feeling so crappy about myself this week. It's my own fault really because I have not worked out at all and am not eating healthy at all. I was going to start p90x this week but since I was all hung over on Sunday I didn't then on Monday I just didn't feel like working out. My husband is off this week too so it makes it hard to get in a schedule, and not being at work I am not getting any walking in or anything. Anyway i weighed myself today at 137..... UGh.. I hope my thyroid is out of whack... I gained 4lbs in 2 weeks. That's a little extreme. I know I haven't been eating well but I know that I'm not eating that bad. That would be like an extra 12000 calories over 2 weeks....  I wish I was 5'9 like rennai so 137 actually looked good. My husband is back to work on Monday so I have my schedule all lined up to start p90x on Sunday. I have my grocery list written so I can start the diet and I bought new resistance bands too. No excuses. I have to do it. And I will be going to my doctor next friday so I will have my thyroid checked out because in addition to my weight there are a few other physical symptoms implying my meds need to be changed.

Anyway.. sorry I kind of just came on to vent. BTW I had a great birthday. We got lots of christmas shopping done for my son and I bought a few things. No clothes though. I refuse to buy new clothes until my weight is down.

Talk to ya later ladies....

oh Sarah i hear you on the morning motivation!! i wish i would just work out in the morning and get it done! but i feel so fuzzy in the am. im sure ill be doing it once i have children...

Greta what weight are you at right now 119? whats your comfortable weight? I'm curious to see what happens when you stop breastfeeding hopefuly its not to much of a gain for you!

didn't get group power in tonight beauce i ended up getting a massage scheduled, but did do 3 miles. It wasnt what i wanted but at least it wa ssomething!

Stacey (hehe sorry i had to) im glad your bday was a good time! I think we all get down on ourselves sometimes the way you and rennai are right now, but i know from personal experience that you will get through it quickly and will be back on track, feeling motivated. What is the P90X diet like? is it basically high protein low carb?

have a good night ladies!

Lot's of blah going on in here today.  Sorry to hear that Sarah, Stacy, Rennai... I'm glad you guys feel like you can come here to vent.  I know I always do :)  Funny how we all feel better when we're eating good and exercising.  Whaddya know.  Why is it so hard to do all the time? 

Stacy-Loving the new picture!  Glad you had so much fun.  Maybe this week is just about recovery for you and you will be back at it next week.

Sarah-I'm sure you weren't as bad as you think on the phone with your big sponsor.  Sometimes we need two cups of coffee (or four :)  to make it :)  I'm not training for anything right now.  I am doing a local Turkey Trot 10K--but with my Dad, so I won't really be racing it.  Other than that I probably won't race until Spring.

Danni-I'm sure making the extra money makes up for missing group power...and you got a run in!  So, good day!

And of coure Rebecca you can stick around :)  We welcome all!  I doubt you "need" to lose 10-15 more pounds, especially if your already in the 120's!  But, we know what you mean. 

One last post before I'm done for the night....

Dani (hehe) - The diet is low carb high protein... Phase one anyway. Phase 2 and 3 replace a protein for a carb so it kind of works you into a "normal" diet. Phase 1 only allows 1 carb per day which is so hard for me. But I work it out and split my 1 carb in half and do half a serving at breakfast and half at supper or something like that so I can have carbs twice a day. It's crazy protein though. 5 a day which is hard to fit in so I don't get sick of it. This time I bought protein bars and protein powder to make shakes so I don't have to eat meat or eggs 5 times a day.

Greta- I think you are right. I think I'm just having a tough time getting into it because my schedule was thrown off (me and my gold personality). I'm thinking though if I do the shopping for groceries on the weekend it should help get my motivation in gear.

Rebecca - nice to meet you. I'm having a hard enough time getting to the 120's so good for you just being there. How tall are you? What do you do right now to try to get to your goal?

Carrie - I agree with a few of the comments I heard here about your calorie counting issues (sorry if you already resolved this but I only skimmed the posts). Try counting but if you are getting nervous and not eating enough stop!!! Or add a protein bar in at the end of the day.. They are usually 250-300 calories so they will boost you if you are low but are beneficial since you work out. Oh and yay for you for feeling hot naked. I rarely do. I have so many stretch marks on my midsection its awful. That's what happens when you go from 120 to 205 in 9mths. Oh well.. That's what lingerie is for. Then I don't have to feel sexy naked. I just have to look sexy in the lingerie...

Oh and Carrie- I agree with the whole midsection thing and weight loss. I am also apple shape. Well not really because I do have curves but I am genetically cursed with gaining weight in my midsection first and have great legs and arms. Sadly for me your friend is right. Even when I do lose weight I will always have a bit of a "muffin top" because the mid area is the hardest place to get the fat off of and I have NEVER had a six pack but have ridiculously strong ab muscles. I can do crunches until the cows come h(even when I was a teen of 112lbs)ome.

Margo--- I am with you on the motivation thing. It's hard to motivate people when I keep falling off the wagon. The thing is we know all the right things we have to do and how to motivate we just have a hard time keeping ourselves motivated. It seems like I can only stay in it for 2 weeks at a time. So frustrating... But you do always give wonderful words of wisdom. Ladies help me and Margo!!!!!!

About weighing ourselves. How often do you all do it. I must say, I try not to do it everyday but when I am doing good (eating well and exercising) I almost become obsessed and do weigh myself everyday. However when I am not doing well I don't even want to look at the scale and hope I will be pleasantly surprised when I do finally get on the day before I am set to get back on track.

Ah-ha!! Ingrid is Runnermom79.. I found her.  Nice weigh in. Good for you.

We put up our Christmas tree today and the guys are coming to hang up our lights outside on friday. I love Christmas. The girl I got for the exchange is getting something fairly inexpensive that I saw that made me think of her. I think most of us are doing the same. So I don't think we need to put a monetary value.

My husband and I are doing Bingo tomorrow afternoon LOL... See what 30 has done to me.. Just kidding. We are going to bingo but only because there is not much to do in the afternoons around here. Also there is a Taboo Sex show coming to town on the weekend. We are going to check it out to see what cool things the world of naughty has . 

Sorry for the long post but I finally caught up a little more on what's going on with everyone. Lets all enjoy each other's company for the rest of the week and weekend and may we start next week stress free and ready to go.

Oh and 1 last thing.. Carrie- On my facebook if you go to view pics of Stacy (under my profile pic) you will see some pictures from my party. I didn't actually put them there my friend Terry did so she had to tag me in all of them for any of my other friends to see them.

ssdevine-- I am only 5'4 (and a half if that counts!) so 120's or teens is pretty average for my height I think.  I've always been around 115 and it was only during the past 6 months or so with my hellatious thyroid/candida nightmare that my weight shot up to 134.  It's back around 128 now but I am still so uncomfortable in my own body at this size...  Right now to get to my goal I am watching what I eat to a crazy degree (part of it is because of the candida diet thing) and I am doing the Insanity program from beachbody in the a.m. and some kind of light cardio/strength training in the p.m.  I am getting up at 4 am to do my morning workout and my hope is that once I reach my goal I can relax a bit and just maintain and not work so hard.  I'm an apple shape too and having had 2 kids has not done much to help my mid section!  I hate that my midsection is where everything goes... 

I have bus duty at work so I have to run-- will be back later..

Rebecca

Happy Thursday ladies!!!

I have to say, despite the sad news about one of my cousin's friends..:( [I sent him a little donation for the benefit.] I had a very nice visit with the other cousin who just had her baby yesterday! Hailey, the baby, was born yesterday, being 11-11, AT 11:11am! How crazy is that!? haha. Funny! Anyway, she's adorable. Got to hold her a few times too. It was sweet, esp. since it's been a long time since I've held a little baby.  Nice. :) Anyway, visit went well. I was hoping that when my sister comes up this weekend that we could go back and visit again and this time see her other 2 kids as well (they are 3 and 1), but since my cousin isn't sure when she'll be out of the hospital this Saturday AND that she JUST had her baby there's a lot goin on w/ them and there's a lot going on this weekend for my birthday...so think we'll all just visit again in a few weeks.

Anyway....

Yes, Danni, I'm sorry I forgot too...(boo! to me) was it the Bahamas,like Greta asked?  I'm so excited for you!!!!

Thanks Greta, appreciate the nice comments! :) Ditto to you! :)

I have to say as well, I read these posts last night (but didn't get to reply til this morning) and I busted up laughing at your 'boob time' comment. :) hehe. Though sorry that Luke was crying....though good that you were still able to get your workout in! Such dedication! You go!

Sarah - *huge hugs!* I hear ya on the too tired to workout thing...AND the need for coffee as a 'wake up!' I need that this morning myself.

I bet you did fine with your sponsor on the phone! :) (hugs!)

I'm not too good at morning workouts either. :(

Rebecca - If I didn't say so already, Welcome!!! :) Wow....I just commented on not being a morning workout person..and you get up at 4am and everything! Good job!

Also, I'm probably really more 5'4 3/4" but I say, 5'5" :)

I can only hope to get to 120 lbs. one day, much less, smaller than that. :) We'll see....

Stacy - Vent away! We're here to help one another out in not only encouragement and in the 'good times' but also when we're down...which at times is when we need to be able to vent the most and get that support. So, you go with your venting. As you can probably already tell..haha..I do that alot myself on here. So, no problem! :)

Umm..guess that was a lot to say about venting..haha...err...anyway..:D

Yes, love the new pic! :)

Wow on the P90X diet! I'm not too good with those restrictive types...though I have tried a few...I'm not good with sticking to them. :( Good to know it works for you though. :D Awesome!

hehe..love your comment on being able to look sexy in lingerie! :) Yeah, I mean, if ya don't quite feel good in your skin then lingerie is a good way to still boost that positive feeling. :)

Wow to your strong abs! I want to get there too!!!!!

Motivation...(sigh!) haha..thanks! Yeah, it's tough for me too and I only can be 'gun ho' for a short while it seems before I get off track...but I am still trying. :)

Nice that you bought lots of things for Christmas gifts already...And that you got a few things for yourself! :) That's important to not forget yourself. :)

I think we've discussed weighing yourself once a week is the best thing (or every few weeks even) so that we don't get too obsessed of what we see on the scale. As I think Rennai, Greta, and others have said before is it's not always what you see on the scale, but how your clothes fit, if your lifting weights and see defintion, etc. to be good indicators that your doing well.

The scale can be so evil.  I has started a workout/diet program from a trainer off of Bodybuilding.com a while back and he stressed the issue that weighing yourself wasn't something you should do while on his plan....since it does fluctuate or can cause set backs. So....try just the once a week...or every few weeks. :)

Bingo..hehe... :) Wow, Taboo Sex show...that'd be different! haha. Have fun!

I'll have to check out your bday pics. I wanna see! :)

Hugs to all!!!!!

Ttyl

~Margo

Hey ladies!! Sorry i've been MIA... tons of homework this week and I'm having trouble keeping up. I have to do a little more before class today so I have to keep the post kind of short.

Ingrid - Nice new name! Congrats on the weightloss, that's awesome that you're steadily losing.

Carrie - Glad to hear it WAS just a fluctuation. We'll be cheering for ya when you get to 128! I'm sorry about the biopsy/nuvaring issues... hopefully your body gets adjusted soon!! I think the nuvaring would scare me.. I just stick to the pill.

Rennai - Once you have the time to start working out again you'll immediately feel better. I know how you feel though. That's why I finally joined Calorie Count because I just CONSTANTLY felt gross in my body, and that's just terrible. Cheer up, dear.

Margo -  Yay for your encouragement! You're always so cheerful and supportive, I love it!

Greta - That's so funny how you prefer outside running bc I'm the opposite. I feel like I need something to be moving underneath me to keep me going because I get lazy and can't push myself on my own. haha

Sarah - I agree about the morning workouts. I'm the same way. It's just so hard to wake up early like that! Good luck with the weigh in.

Rebecca - Welcome!

Stacy - I love the new picture! Glad you had a great birthday. It sounds like you are in the right mindset for weightloss success right now! Definitely sounds like you're more likely to stick with this new plan since you are so determined. And good for you with the diet. I could NEVER give up carbs... I'd be devastated haha. Yay for the Christmas tree, too!

Sorry if I left anyone out! I felt like there was so much to catch up on these past couple of days. So, I remembered at some point Carrie making the comment about body types.. and a few of you said you were apple. I'm a pear. haha. Anyone else a pear?? I dated this guy VERY briefly in college until he started making comments about my "huge child bearing hips" and "ghetto booty". Stupid as it is, ever since then I always focus my attention on my hips. And I feel like it's where all my weight goes and it's really hard to lose from there! I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem and if anything in particular worked for you.

Also, I'm not sure if this is just a fluke but I weighed myself this morning when I woke up (before I ate anything) and It says I'm 126-127 (again, I have to estimate bc the scale sucks)!! I feel like this HAS to be a fluke bc I've steadily been at 130. But even still, I'm really excited!! I hope it doesn't shoot back up to 130 again!

Have a great day, ladies!

Ali -

;) Thanks...it's nice to be the 'cheerleader' I guess. :)

*WAVES HAND HIGH IN THE AIR* Yep, I'm a pear, so I know what you mean. haha. I feel proud that my workouts, with the circuit training at the gym are showing some definition in my upper back/shoulders/arms...but my lower half...ummm...not as much. It's really tough. :( My bf has a few choices phrases for me which he says he's kidding...he says it's 'tough love'...and tries to make it funny...and I guess I can't completely disagree. I think I need that push..cuz I obviously am not getting the results on my own.  :( Yep, I have 'CC' legs/butt/thighs....haha. I don't mean Calorie Count either..WHHAAA! See the pics. of me in my gallery where it shows that? You'll know what I mean. :*( I carry some of my weight in my midsection too, so yeah, I have that muffin top a bit too..errr....though I carry most of it in my hips/thighs n' butt!

GEEZ! I guess it is 'tough love' sometimes when I talk about this stuff out loud, or even when my bf comments...or when I really look at myself in the mirror.

(sigh!)

I'm an all or nothing person (which I HAVE to figure out how to balance!!!!!! Like on the Biggest Loser, Jillian said the contestant, Rebecca, was all or nothing too. I related to her there....

It's SO hard to get over some of my issues. I start..then stop. Then start...then stop. Then stop for a long time. Then start again...and it seems to never quite get over that hump.

So..that's my vent for now.

I'll hush!!!!

So, Ali...

(hugs!)

Though really, we all are great no matter what we think we have 'wrong' goin' on.  After my rant above....grr... I mean really....I remember seeing the blurb of the news this morning where the woman that got attacked by that chimp was on Oprah and her entire face and parts of her body are just disfigured beyond recognition! How sad!!! I felt sooo awful this morning when I saw that....so in part...there's always someone out there who has it worse. Though on the other hand, I don't want to always feel that my issues aren't 'real' or 'valid' just b/c I'm not suffering in the same ways as those worse off. Does that make sense!?

I can't remember who but I saw several people talking about the P90X diet... are a few of you doing P90X right now?  How's it going?  I did it from April to June and had awesome results... then my thyroid meds got messed up and I'm back to square one but that's another story.  Anyway, what I was going to say was that I did not follow the diet to a T at all.  It wasn't practical for me and so what I did was eat what we had at the house but carefully and consciously.  I ate a lot of egg whites, chicken and salad but ate what I felt like eating and in moderation.  I wish I were the kind of person who could do great with a prescribed diet but I am not... I think that you can do your own eating plan and still get great results...   I'm curious about how you guys who are doing P90X are liking it...  I started Insanity 2 weeks ago and HOLY CRAP it is kicking my butt.  But I feel great when I am done and I've dropped weight and inches already.  I honestly think I am going to die at some points (and might even like to at others)... Have any of you done it?  I think after this, going back to 1x a week Plyo X will feel like a dream!

Rebecca

Wow!  It's like everyone logged on later in the day yesterday.  Everyone but me :)

I finally got to the gym this morning but only did weight lifting.  I'm boycotting running right now.  I think it was Sarah that was talking about how tired she's been lately and that's exactly how I feel too!  It was so difficult to get out of bed and then once I was at the gym I just glared at the treadmills.  I don't know what's happened to me.  I guess I just needed a change of routine.  I'll be running again before you know it.  The guy that works in the morning at the gym was doing some bench presses and he looked at me and said "you didn't see me working out on the clock" and I said "no I didn't, do you need a spot?".  I loved it.  I really enjoy lifting in the free weights section.  I like looking tough and pushing myself and I really like seeing the results.  Enough.

Soooo m uch to catch up on.  Let's see how I do.

Rebecca I'm glad that you'd like to stick around :)  I think we'd all love it if you did!  Sounds like P90X is all the rage right now.  Maybe one of these days I'll have to buckle down and do it too, maybe after I have kids :)  Like in ten years.

Pear shapped people, I think I'm what you would call average shapped?  I guess?  Yeah, I'm pretty average.  Nothing is super skinnier or fatter than any other part really.  And I think my boobs are shrinking, which is to be expected since I've lost several pounds.

Hey Ali, sorry that you have so much homework!  That's a downer, at least the semester will be over soon right?  And nuvaring isn't really that scary, I handle it much better than trying to take a pill at the same time everyday.  I am also a treadmill runner, especially in cold weather.

Stacy!! I looked for your birthday pictures but I couldn't find them at all.  I did look under Pics of Stacy etc, I'll look again today.  Love the new profile picture though :)  You look like so much fun, all your pictures, I love it! You'll get back at your workouts soon enough, don't worry about it.  Sometimes I have to go through a period where I'm super unhealthy to actually jump start my healthy habits, you know?

Greta!  Snow already!  That's amazing.  I don't know if we'll have snow at all this year.  And good luck with weaning your son :)  I can't wait to be 128 either!!!

Danni!!!! a Cruise!!!!!

work just got crazy, I'll log back on in a little bit.

Just had to say that on my way home from the Dentist (where I had no cavities) I drove by TCBY and stopped, in honor of Rebekkah.  I miss you around here!  I hope you're feeling better!

Carrie-What kind did you have?

I read everything today, but have been too busy to post.  Taking a quick sec to say "hi."  My house is nowhere near ready to host my whole family on Sunday--and my kid is screaming at me for "nana" (banana).  I even forgot to eat lunch!  That almost never happens!  Hopefully I can be more present here tomorrow :)

Happy Thursday night...ooh...a great night for TV :)

Happy Friday!!!! :)

Carrie - yay to the no cavities!
AWWW..nice that you had a treat in Rebekkah's honor of her current absence from the forum.

If you are reading Rebekkah, I second that we miss you around here and hope you're feelin better!!! :)

Greta - Aww...well hope you have help in setting up for Luke's party on Sunday. Happy 1st birthday to him! :D He's adorable!!! :) Hope all goes well too! :) That's awesome at least that he's wanting a 'nana ;D and not something more unhealthy, right!? :) So, pat yourself on the back for that!

Hope that you are more calm today to remember to eat lunch dear! :/ *hugs!*

Yes, yay for good tv on Thursday! :) I finally got caught up via my Comcast On Demand this morning..hahaha...to wrap up the triology from the CSI's! I love that they did that! So awesome!

Have a great day ladies! ttyl.

~Margo

I'm 130, would love to go back to 120. I'm 49 years old and to achieve this I need to drastically reduce the number of calories or increase my exercise. I'm so frustrated because I am falling off the wagon so often! Hormones, being tired , and crazy cravings are always my downfall. Does any one have any stick to the diet advice or motivation advice?