140/130 club

Anyone in this grouping looking to drop from 140 to 130's.  We can all use support.  Today I am focusing on all the food groups.  Exercise would be good, but I won't be able to since I am working from 9 to 10:30.  A Super long day.  I hope I can stay focused, when I pass the fast food chaines on my travels today.

WTG AMI :) Feels good dont it :)

This is by far one of the best and most fun motivation threads i've read... count me in! 12 pounds till 130!!!

I"m on vacation this week and next, yeaserday wasn't eating very good but so far so good today:)

I ran my 4 mile run this weekend, it was HOT and their was hills and the last 1/4 mile was freakin' grass....GRASS I don't run in grass, plus it was tall thick grass ended up having to walk through part of it, my final time ended up being 46:01 I really wanted under 45 minutes but whatever, I felt I kept a decent pace of course could have picked it up in places but was able to jog most of it....there was a good turn out, will try to find a 5k to do in Spetember and October and need to work on mileage for November 1/2 marathon.

SOunds like we have some new people congrats on all your hard work, keep up the good work, we can succeed together!!!

Hey... still at 142..... can't wait to see my scale below 140s......

Thanks for all the advice Unicat!!

Way to go amiwrite!!!!! I am hoping to be at 141 by this weekend!!!!

How are we all doing? I weighed 141.5 lb yesterday!!!!! How is everyone else doing? Did my 500 calorie burner aerobic class this morning and had my oatmeal cereal...hoping to stay focused and well under 1400-1500 cal count mark!!!

i let myself go for a good calorie-count free weekend because of a wedding so I'm not doing so hot, but i'm back on track today :)

Hi all...Just stopping by to say hello...I have absolutely no right to be a part of this group since I gained back all of the weight I had lost last year plus some.  Jan 2007 I was 178....April 2008 I was 121...Now I'm somewhere around 178-180.  I won't get on the scale.

Brigitte, I'm sorry my in box was full and you lost everything you wrote to me.  I've also had to get rid of my yahoo email because it was compromised and a virus got through that caused me all kinds of trouble.  I'll pm you my new gmail address.  Glad to see you're still hanging in there.  I had that same problem with the shoulderblade thing and yes it was from the way I was sleeping....side sleeper popping the shoulder forward.

Hi Sherry!  I'm glad to see you're still hanging in there too!  You may not have reached your goal but at least you're staying at a healthy stable wgt.  How is your Summer?  both the season and your daughter :)

Cassie,  I just knew you'd still be running!  How are your kids?  Any new tats?

Sorry I don't know the rest of you but this was always a fantastic group with lots of supportive ladies.

I'm still living with my father and he's needing more and more care.  I don't get to the gym because I have to go right home after work and make sure he's ok.  I really suck at being a care giver...

My eating habits are awful.  I've given up cooking completely because of the way my father destroys the kitchen everyday and I got weary of having to clean before I could cook.  There isn't enough time.  I hate this.  I use to be a fanatic about healthy eating.

Oh well I'll get out of my pity pot and move on. 

Keep it healthy ladies :)

 

Hey everyone!! Well I have been on vacation the last 2 weeks, literally on vacaation from everything no exercise eating has been hit and miss....tongiht will go out with hubby to celebrate our anniversary, 13 years Sunday, he's great.

Kids are back in school, COlby can now drive with an adult, he still has to take the drving part of his learners permit and then he will have a license, it's scary and I'm having to teach him how to drive, yeah something I said I wouldn't do, I was going to make his dad!!! My baby turned 10 this week, I can't beleive it, she is growing up way too fast.

Colby and him being a teenage is about to kill me, kids are trying to grow up way too fast and I guess I'm old school and just don't understand it, I think now I was blessed to have good friends that my parents could trust and I just knew not to do things that were going to ge tme in trouble, Colby I'm afraid isn't going to be that way, he's wanting to "hang" with older kids, not that they are doing anything wrong at all but I just feel he's going to be put in more situations to make decisions he's not ready to make.....just keep me in your thoughts that I make the right choices where he is concerned. He told me I trip too much and over dramatize things....the view of a 15 year old.

Sounds like the new girls are on track way to go!!!!

Joan.....I'm so glad to hear from you, been worried about you, hate to hear that about your dad but remember you need to take care of you so you can be there to take care of him, small changes make big differences, but you know that, are you still working at the same job? How about your house did it ever sale? How are your girls?  You will always be a part of this group!!!!! Please keep in touch!!!

Wow this group is perfect for me- I am currently 138.5-140.5 depending on the moment and my overall goal is 130, but I would love to get to 135 within the next month or so.  Has anyone here accomplished a similar goal?  How long did it take you?  I feel like my weight loss has really slowed down, which is understandable, but it makes me antsy!  It feels so amazing to be more or less out the 140s, though.  I can't really believe it still.  If someone asks me what I weigh I can just be like "oh, in the 130s somewhere".  Crazy!  I feel like I totally skipped the 140s since I went from 153 to 140 in like a month and a half.  Good riddance, I say! 

2 weeks of basically doing nothing did exactly that nothing except cause me to gain some weihgt, no one to blame but me, but back on track this week and have decided I'm just making it harder on myself to skip a week here and there becuase i have to basically start all over....so we will see how this goes, got to the gym last night work out and about 30 minutes on the treadmill before I had to pick Summer up from tumbling class.

Going to try to be good.......

HI all I am still hovering around 142...... any tips on how to bring it just below 140??

Been on track this week....hoping to stay on track this weekend......it's goin to be hard maybe if I'm a little worse on my eating I can make myself go jog.

been off and on this week......got to get back on track....1/2 Marathon is coming up fast and I haven't been joggin nearly as much as I need toooooooo....my fault......

Hi all!!  It has been months since I have been on hear, just happen to click on by mistake this morning and thought why not see what is going on.    I see some of the older group on here still.  

As for me, not doing to bad.  Managed to gain about 10 pounds back, but back on track to losing, have lost 6 pounds in the last two months due to joining the local Jazzercise, and I love it.  60 minute works outs - cardio and weight training together.   I can pick the day and time I want to go, they have about 5 classes each day other than Sunday.  So when not playing soccer I am at Jazzercise.

I am going to be a grandma too!!!!  My stepdaughter is due in November and my own daughter is due in February.  So looking forward to this.  Alittle bit of drama this past week with my daughter, she is a first grade teacher and one of her students has come down with the swine flu.   So she is on leave until she can get the shot per doctor and the principle of her school.  It is has been a tough week for me, trying to stay and strong and not let her know how worried/afraid I am, but on the other hand my thoughts are running with negative thoughts.

I will try to be more active on here again, you guys were always great to talk too and such support.

 

Vicki

 

I see some new people in here, and a few I know.

Vicki~ congrats on being a grandma!!  I'm sure you will be dropin that weight in no time.  Jazzercise sounds fun, I keep joking that when I get health insurance again that I will try out for the roller derby girls in town.  Hope your daughter doesn't end up with swine flu.

Sherry~ come on woman you can do it!!!

Joan~ Sorry you have gained your weight back, but you are still welcome here.  I'm sitting at 156 right now and if it wasn't for the marathon and all the running I'm sure I would be a lot heavier.  My kids are doing good, my boyz are in 1st grade....I  can't believe it.  My daughter is in 4th grade and been able to prove she can stay home alone for a short time here and there.  No new tats.....with the daycare we have lost about 8 kids since last fall, so the hubby had to go get a job out of the house.  Have you thought about doing lean cuisines or something.....I know they aren't the healthiest for you but they are pre-portioned and heat up quick.  I eat to many of them since I don't want to eat the junk I make for the daycare kids but don't have the energy to cook 2 full meals.

I ran my full marathon last weekend.  A PR was not in the cards for me.  I was really strong thru the half but i had to stop to use the bathroom at mile 11 and then from mile 15 on I had horrible hip and leg pain.  But I kept moving with one foot in front of the other and I finished.  So now I'm officially in my off season and I can focus on losing the extra 15+ pounds I want/need to lose before training season starts in Jan.  Starting next week I'm going to hit the gym 3 days per week and run 3 days per week.  For running I'm going to focus on my speed, a sub 4 marathon would be awesome.

Good luck everyone with your goals, the support here is awesome.

Cassy

Well I did my 2nd half marathon this past Saturday, my time was better than last year, 2:36:11, last year was 2:38....I think it might have been better than that if the wind wouldn't have been so bad, but I did it and will probalby do it again next year. I did jog pretty much all of it but a mile.....my minute average was 11:56 which I am not happy with at all, I definitley want low 10's or high 9's....

I am going to focus more on 5K's now, getting time shaved off of those, I need to be able to do them in under 30 minutes....or that's what I would love to do.

Cassy so glad to see you...got worried hadn't heard from you n a while. Any tips for improving my time, I think I have the endurance down.

I am trying to keep up going to the gym and so far so good, I think I'm in a good mind frame at the moment just hope I can keep it up.

Will do most of my running on the treadmill unless the weekends are pretty and can get out, it's dark when I get off work.

Hi all! It has been forever since I've posted. It is good to see familiar faces!

Unfortunately, I've been sooo out of control since I posted last. I think keeping up on here correlates way to well with how I did! I am coming back 10-15 pounds heavier and struggling to get back in the groove. BUT! I think I am finally ready. Finally.  I must make a choice each moment, every day. Do I want to feel healthy? or do I want to feel sluggish, chubby, have difficulty finding something to wear in my closet? PUT DOWN THE Candy, greasy food, etc. The compulsive eating is a quick fix, a way to feel happy or less stressed, but it is so momentary! It leaves me just wishing for the next quick fix. Time to start going to the grocery store, bringing in lunch, cooking dinner, ordering things NOT smothered in cheese and bacon, AND continue to stay active.

So, Joan. Let's kick some butt together!

There is a definite echo in here! I am on day 2 of actual calorie counting and relearning what it means to have self control. NO! I don't need a processed, un-delicious m&m cookie just because I am in a 2 hour meeting and I'm bored. Sure wish someone would eat the last one already though!