**NEW Friday "weigh-in & focus on the POSITIVE group "--join me!**

 i just joined and want a co-hort of folks who are willing to check in on Fridays and give an update.  you don't  have to be my "twin"--just be about losing fat/weight right now and being accountable.

if you are interested: reply to this thread with:

1) your weight (and measurements if you like) and an indication of how much you lost/gained

2) your journal entry from today

3) something positive about your efforts this week that you can be proud of and inspire others to do

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1) i weigh 176 today --stared CC today so net gain/loss = 0

2)  am 39 and a mother of twins.  I weighed 136 when i met my husband 8 years ago.  I used to run 10Ks and half marathons.  I ate so healthy and was always very food aware.I was slim and strong.  I was a size 6.  I also felt great.

Now I am "down" to 176, from 230 at the end of my twin pregnancy-- The first 30 pounds came off fast after my twins were born.  the next 25 came off at a slow but stead rate.  now I am stuck at 176-174. somewhere between a size 12 and 14. I refuse to buy more clothes in these sizes! 

 I have been teaching spinning 3 times per week since my twins were 6 months and walking for 30 minutes on the days I don't teach spinning. I feel strong but heavy. i know that i don't lose weight without intense cardio of 45 minutes or more 6 days per week...so i am trying to find a way to get in 3 more workouts!!! so hard when i work all day and get home to babies who want me and I want them too!!!  maybe i can find a way to use the double jogger and jog with them!!??  It is not quality time with them but at least I will be with them.

I am still breastfeeding at night and co-sleeping with the twins--they don't let me sneak out of bed without waking up and hollering 95 times out of 100.  so i am forced to sleep to go to bed at 8 with them and we all get up at 6 AM.  If only i thought teaching them to sleep alone was a good idea I would have lots of night time or early morning time to work out. but I don't.  I truly believe in co-sleeping and will do it until they begin show they are ready to sleep without me there.  so work outs  will happen when they are awake and that means they must go with me or I have to give up the few hours of awake time I get to share with them before I go off to work.

hmm.. that is good to realize.  i have been making a conscious choice to be with my babies instead of losing this weight.  but i AM now ready to start doing something different as I refuse to just be unhappy about my size without actually doing something to change that unhappiness.

 so starting today I am committing to food journaling either on line or on paper every day and to working up to 6 intense cardio work out per week.

3)  I found a FREE website to log my food, exercise, weight progress, and offers a community of support!  and i made the committment to log in every day for the next 30 days!  i am no longer talking about wanting to lose the next 30 pounds,  i am BEING ABOUT it!

bumping this to the top in hopes of getting some takers...FRIDAY weigh in group starting up this week. first weigh in coming up in 6 days. 

HI im shauna- and usually i do my weigh in on tuesdays but heck i have alot in common w/ u really-

im breastfeeding my 5 month old boy and we co sleep with him and our 2 yr old- ya a very filled up bed but i love it. We end up goin to bed at 9 but they like to sleep so we get up at 8  everyday. I'm a SAHM so i m busy w/ my babies all day.

im 24 5'4 and started in jan at 185 but now im at 165- been stuck there a couple weeks again. I usually lose 5 lbs then plateau every time :( its hard but im dealin w/ it.  I set short term goals of 5 lbs but my ultimate goal is 130 by my sons 1st bday- which gives me  a goal of 1 pound a week weightloss come nov 30th. i am super excited!

im currently takin in 1800 cals a day and about 3 times a week put in strength trainin and other days try to get the kids out walkin!

so i am goin to check into this to- although by tomorrow i dont think i will have lost anything :(

Well awesome -- i hopped on the scale this morn and it said 164! yeah- lets hope that real - i was slacking on watchin cals and got back to doin it 4 days agao and it pays off!

u never know what u put in your mouth until u log all of it!!

im super excited i hope i keep on losin -- i feel so close to my goal sometimes!!