NEW for 2008 - 40 LBS to Lose Club - GROUP NOW CLOSED!!! (sorry)
We are looking for people who are SERIOUS about coming to check in, taking the weekly challenges seriously, offering support and asking for it when needed. Weigh-in's will be on Friday. Some of us no longer have 40 LBS left to lose, but because that is where we started and how we initially bonded, we are continuing with that title.
All those interested: Please include the following information - we would like true starting points for everyone -- I will include my own information first.
Age: 32
Ht: 5' 5"
Current weight: 165
Goal weight: 135 - 140
Starting weight: 189
Weaknesses: chocolate, sweets and bread.
I look forward to hearing from you all and being an encourager to help everyone (including myself) reach their goals!!!
I almost forgot!!!
1/2/08 Challenge: Stop beating yourself up over holiday indulgences. Restart one healthy habit from pre holiday 2007 (or before that if necessary!) :)
1/7/08 Challenge: Get to the gym (or your workout equivalent at least 3 times this week. Whatever your workout is - GIVE IT YOUR ALL! :)
1/14/08 Challenge: Fit in an extra serving of fruit or veggies every day this week (which means you will ultimately have to eat the required daily allowance, THEN an extra serving daily)!
1/21/08 Challenge: Log EVERYTHING that you eat on this week - from the biggest thing to the smallest - even bites of something count. It is not necessary to use the log on CC, and estimates are fine. Good luck!
2/4/08 Challenge: Make ONE VERY AMBITIOUS goal for yourself and make small changes to reach it. Let us know what the goal is - maybe others can offer advice/tips on how to help you reach it!
2/18/08 Challenge: Do something good for your body today - it can be anything from making a doctors appointment to check on an ache or pain, to having a mani/pedi/or facial to give your winter skin some relief, or exercising a little longer/harder/faster to get it to fighting stage. It is your call!
3/3/08 Challenge: Try one new exercise on this week. Feel free to alert the group to exercises you enjoyed, or really felt the burn... the goal being to shock your body into giving you a loss. Good luck!
I have closed the group at 30 members who I have logged as follows:
Socioval
Pol_spock
Sharans
mlejoygrn
jeansmith
mahogany_horizons
brandy_m_gray
doost13
lakemom
jane3001
jjlewis305
hajduk
devbanana
tgegogeine
hitherm1
rdjustice
convertible_chic
infinityiz
kibabird
ktcort13
michelle_bachelor
kortam
malaun
candyluvr
jennip81
thewritesteph
no1ricanbeauty
darwin82much
crazineko *
Shanfood
The asterisk is for one of the original members who hasn't checked in yet... An official welcome to you all. As some of the original members can attest to - I have been known to pm if I see that you haven't checked in for a while just to make sure all is well and to get you back on track. No one has complained yet :)
151.2... BUT I am excited, because I have worked out twice already this week, and I am going to the gym tonight and tomorrow! I am FINALLY getting back on track so that I don't have to keep losing the same 3 lbs each week...
So between slim in 6 and the treadmill doing HIIT training, I have been burning an average of 600 calories per day just in workouts.... so today, I figured I would treat my body to some grease, and then hit the gym right after work - here's hoping they let us go home EARLY today! ;)
Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone!!!
mlejoygrn, I am so excited for you! That is great news. I too didn't ever tell anyone until I had too (for lots of reasons). I usually waited until I either had to tell them or let them all think I was getting fat. I remember telling people in May that we were expecting and that the due date was in September. I think my mom almost killed me.
Diva you are doing so well! I love your stories. And some days, we just need cookies, it's ok!
Hope you all have a good weekend.
~Shannon
Good morning! Hope you all had a great weekend. We had a nice one around here. We went to St. Louis for the day on Saturday, then Sunday was a day to relax and go to church. Morning sickness has hit with a vengeance! I hate this part of being pregnant. It usually only lasts about 5 or 6 weeks for me, so hopefully I only have a few more weeks to go!
I ran 9 miles on Friday which felt pretty amazing. Today I'm supposed to do some sprint training, but I'm having a hard time feeling like doing it. Maybe this afternoon... My weight this morning was 150. My goal is to not gain in this first trimester. I don't want to lose either, just maintain. I figure this baby is the size of a peanut or smaller, so there's no reason to gain a few pounds yet!
Shan-How are you feeling? Did you make it through the last couple of weeks alright? I can't imagine what you must be going through. We heard about the plane crash in Cedar City. A relative nearly joined that dermatology practice a couple of years ago. We also have been following the story of the couple in the plane crash in Arizona. We know them personally from school at BYU. They have 4 children our kids ages and are both fighting for their lives. You have been in my thoughts and prayers. Especially with this hard anniversary of your son's disappearance. Know that our family prays for you.
Hope you all have a good one this week and that you can finish the week with that great feeling of satisfaction from a week well lived taking care of yourselves!
I haven't logged food for two weeks either. I need to get back to it all as the scale as stayed in the same place for the last few weeks. At least it isn't going in the wrong direction. I know if I really stick with it I will see the 140's by the end of this month. That will feel good.
We made it through the yucky week and honestly did rather well. We did not completely fall apart, which I am quite proud of. On Tuesday, Sept. 2nd our daughter got hurt in her soccer game. A ball hit her in the arm and it started to swell up. She couldn't bend her wrist or wiggle her fingers. I was trying to decide if it was bad enough to take her to the Dr. or not. I really did not want to spend the night in the ER. I finely decided to take her into urgent care just to make sure nothing was broken. She was fine, just going to be sore for a few days. We got her home and she couldn't wash her own hair so I had her tipped over the kitchen sink so I could wash it. My husband, Dave, starts screaming from the other room so I run in to see what happened. He had stepped on a two inch splinter. He tried pulling it out, I tried pulling it out. It was not budging so I told him we needed to go to the ER to have them get it out (urgent care was closed by now). I ran downstairs to wake up teenage son to come up and finish washing daughters hair so I can go to the hospital. At the hospital they had to cut his foot open to get the splinter out. I have no idea where it came from. It had red paint on one side of it. Nothing in our home is wood with red paint on it. So on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd. he could not go to work (he is on his feet all day). It was kind of nice to sit home together and just have each other to get us through the memories. I think this is one of those times where God works in mysterious ways. Although the whole time I'm thinking...this is not my life; this is some sit-com story line. Our daughter did get her hair washed. She said her brothers are not very good at brushing hair though.
So now we are on to a new week, and I’m hoping to be back on track with everything. I hope you are all doing well.
Hi all - sorry for the MIA thing - last week was a little hectic for me. We moved floors at work. So I boxed up my entire life at work, and moved down 6 floors... spent this morning unpacking my entire life and trying to make it a little more homey. I didn't weigh in on Friday - I did go to the gym though, but I ate horribly yesterday. Tonights agenda - gym... tomorrow choir rehearsal then gym, Wednesday is bible study, Thursday is prep day for the PROM and gym, and Friday night is PROM!!!! I am so excited!!!
Hubby was in a wedding on Saturday and I realized something that I had only noticed here and there... My hubby (cute as he is) has NO RYTHYM. AT ALL. ZERO. We were dancing at the reception, and he was trying his best - because he knows I would spend my entire evening out there... but seriously... maybe dance lessons for Christmas! :)
Shan, I was checking in on your postings last week - and although I didn't get a chance to reply, I want you to know you and your family are in my prayers... And don't feel bad, I often feel like my life is a sitcom - case in point - me and ex hubby - friends now, but hubby and exhubby - basketball buddies... go figure... it makes for lots of strange looks! :)
Mlejoygrn: glad you are trying to do this pregnancy thing the right way!!! No gaining in the first trimester... nourishment is important, but sometimes we as women over indulge because we feel as if we can and should... I always lost weight due to the morning sickness in the first trimester... I called it the pregnancy diet... :) And if you don't feel like the run, don't worry about it... take care of you!
Have a happy Monday everyone...
I have been away because hubby and I have moved into a bigger place. My diet went to hades during that week, and I was nervous, got on the scale and read 135, and now I'm down to 131 this morning.
It was probably due to lifting all those heavy boxes and my muscles getting all torqued up in addition to the salty greasy diet I ate during this time. I'm glad to know it all went OK though.
I will catch up when I can.
DIVA I SEE YOU HAVE BEEN MOVING TOO, OFFICES....but moving an OFFICE is less stressful than moving a household :) I still have no excuse for not posting updates, except, MY INTERNET will not be restored until this Wednesay due to the move.
Hi all - it is Thursday - and after spending 5 hours in the ER to find out that daughter did not break her arm I am EXHAUSTED...
Having an up and down week and I don't know why... I am totally committed one day and then the next day - POOF motivation disappears. I want the weight off - I really do - but I just don't seem to have it in me right now. Next month is Vacation, and I need to start getting my butt in gear serioiusly - so that I dont spend my entire week and a half stressing about how i look in EVERY PIECE of clothing I pack. *SIGH*
Do they bottle motivation??? Does anyone have any to spare???
Hope you all are having a great week! And Mahogany.. PICS for crying out loud!!! I just need to know that it is possible for me!!! Seriously though if you don't want to post them, just email them or something... 
oh, and congrats on the new place!
Diva...
Hey all - Happy MONDAY!!! I am so excited to see the sun today!!! We have been dreary and WET for the past 4 days, so seeing the sun is quite a feat! We have lots of localized flooding in specific areas of Chicago - which makes traffic and driving a headache... the two main arteries from the south suburbs into the city are closed due to flooding, so it was a maze of cars trying to navigate around this morning!
Anyway, prom was AWESOME!!! I didn't win the King and Queen competition... Vic and I came in third (we were crowned Lord and Lady)... We were voted BEST DRESSED and I put a couple of pic's in my profile... It was so much fun and sooooo much better than my 1st prom!!! We danced, and sang and partied until they put us out of the hall at midnight... then everyone stayed overnight at the hotel.... It was indeed a fun yet hectic night, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!!!
I did weigh in on Friday - 151.1. My goal for this week is to LOG EVERYTHING, hit the gym a MINIMUM of 3 times this week, and drink LOTS OF WATER... I didn't have nearly enough water last week, so that is one of the things I want to work on...
Gym night starts tonight! Have a great day all!!!
Hi Ladies,
In case you were wondering if weighing 20 pounds less and running every day during the first trimester makes a difference, IT DOESN'T! I still feel just as terrible!!!! I keep telling myself I'll be happier later on, but it's hard to stay motivated.
Still holding at 149. I'm enjoying my days in single digit sizes while they last. I even a couple of weeks ago got some really cute new running clothes. I even found a running skirt on clearance- size small and it looks awesome! I guess I'll have something to look forward to post baby.
Diva- It sounds like you really need this vacation next month! What a great chance to unwind and relax. You deserve it. Just remember how far you've come and don't stress about the last few pounds. You have been an amazing support and cheerleader for quite a few of us on here and I hope you realize it. Thanks a ton!
Have a good one!
Today's my Friday!!! Today's my Friday!!! Woo Hoo!!! I am so excited to be off on tomorrow I don't know what to do!!! I gotta do some pretty routine stuff... get the oil changed on my car (and see how much it will cost to get my fan fixed on my car and replace the gas guage). I also promised a friend that I would come by and help her put her house back together after a rather alarming break in in our neighborhood. It is a sad sign of the times when people will prey on others - nothign new but just sad. I also need to register my other car so that I can give the Honda to the BOY... Take the GIRL shopping for her VERY FIRST HOMECOMING DANCE - which she is uber excited about... Do some laundry, go grocery shopping... and mentally prepare for dinner with my sister... that alone could take HOURS.
(sidenote: do any of you guys have a sibling that if it weren't for the fact that you looked remotely- or in the case of my sister and I - exactly alike you wouldn't EVER believe that you could possibly be related??? My sister, God bless her is someone I would never and I mean NEVER be friends, associates, neighbors with even... if we weren't related. That is terrible to say, but she just isn't my kinda people if that makes sense)
Sorry - I digress... Anyway, I haven't been to the gym ONCE this week - but I have been logging my food and I have been purposely avoiding the scale. TTOM came EARLY and I made the mistake of stepping on the scale on Sunday - and it said 156.8 so I was clearly bloated and the fact that my monthly tapeworm came didn't help. I honestly don't even want to step on the scale tomorrow, but alas... It is what it is...
Works busy, life is busy - God is ever busy!
Mlejoygrn: hope the morning/afternoon/evening sickness isn't getting the best of you. Just continue to have lots of fluids and that should help your mood and make you feel a lot better. Glad you are still hanging in with us, even though you have some weight to GAIN!
Have a great day all!
WOW - I am off a whole week and no posts?!? That is odd... Where is everyone!!!
Well, court in Vegas went as it should have. Mr. DUI was sentenced to 2 years in jail. I am good with that. I don't like the idea that another young person will be spending time in jail, but I don't like xrays, mri's and surgeries either... *BYGONES*
I stepped on the scale this morning - 153... I have this maintaining thing down to a science, which kinda sucks since I still need to lose 20lbs... ugh.
Anyway, I am just getting back to work, so I will check back in later... Love you guys!
Yesterday I found clothes that I wore 6 years ago. That made me sad. I really should just get rid of them, but I keep telling myself I'll fit into them again. They are all going to be way out of style if I ever do get back to that weight.
So diva, you ready to see who gets to the 140s first? I'm hoping to see them in 2 weeks. How about you?
Take care, and yes everyone, don't be strangers...
~Shannon
Hey Shan - I figured things just got outta control - sounds like the story of my life! :)
I had to make myself get rid of stuff that I wanted to be able to fit back into - I had to remember that it was the size I wanted to be, but not necessarily the style. Besides what's the fun in realizing all this weight loss if you can't shop for new stuff! :)
I am definitely up for a 'to the 140's' challenge!!! I am trying to see 145 by the time I leave for Vegas (again) - yes, I just got back, but that is where we like to vacation so we will be off again to sunny Las Vegas on the 25th!
I am logging M-F so I can hold myself accountable!
Have a great day all!
DIVA, WOW, your life sounds busy. HONDA'S are great cars, I'm glad you are passing yours onto your son. Nothing new here. Just got over the stomach flu with hubby. But the prior week I was all the way up to 133 from a low of 129, so I'm not upset about that because now I'm back to 130. I don't want to be any lighter than 130, or any heavier than 135. I'm trying to keep my balance, which is ever so hard to do, when now people are saying, you can afford this, you can afford that, HA, that's how i wound up with this body, carefully working to make sure i was doing the right things. And doing the wrong thigns was how i was like 167 before. Anyway, How is everyone doing? I'm still normally hitting the gym every morning, but last week, because of the virus, and some kind of weird insomina that had me up all hours of the night, I couldn't get up at 6 am like I used to, to walk or jog my two miles. I only did it once last week. But I'm normally faithful like everyday. I know I need to log in more. I also incorporated the stationary bike into my workout routine. it is great for working out the upper thighs. My calves are all muscular and athletic, and look like someone who runs now....my thighs, not so much....so my new goal is to work on my thighs and belly. I gotta keep these goals ahead of me to keep me motivated. I will be talking to you all next week.
I'm not sure how it happened, or why, but I guess I'll take it. At the gym this morning I was 147! A week ago on the same scale it said 153. I realize this in not healthy, but I didn't do anything extreme to have such a drop. I'm going to blame it on water or something and hope that the scale keeps going in the right direction, just not so drastically. I was elated to see 147, and had to get on and off the scale three times to make sure it hadn't misread!
Mahogany, it's good to see you and see that you are still doing well. Sorry about the flu. I too need to do more then run, but I really like getting back to it that I don't want to wander just yet.
Diva, I think I'm going to be in Vegas on the 24th! I wish I could stay longer to hook up, but I don't think I can swing it. How is your 145 goal coming along?
I made it to the gym today and did my 5k. My time was slow because I was so tired. But at least I went! I haven't logged food for a long time. I haven't tried on the new CC plus and I'm avoiding anything new. I liked knowing what I was doing before. Oh well, I'll give it a try.
I hope to hear from you all soon!
~Shannon
Hi all!!! Busy weekend... as usual - this is my life!!! Friday, the church hosted a 70's and 80's party... we had a BLAST... I was dressed as Angela Davis complete with my curly brown afro wig and the biggest hoop earrings I could find. I already had some platform shoes that were clear on the bottom, so I added some fish stickers just to complete the look! We really did have a good time trying to see how outrageous people could get with it...
Saturday I spent the whole day prepping for Vincent's third birthday party (his actual birthday is tomorrow) - cleaned his room and his closet... decorated, and prepped the house for it. Sunday was party day - we had almost 20 kids under 8 there as well as a gaggle of teenagers and adults... I am beginning to think I just LOVE parties! :)
I took yesterday off - I had to recouperate from my weekend... I did step on the scale and it said 151 - which wasn't bad - because I can count on one hand the amount of times I had water, so I am trying to reverse that now... I am pretty sure that I shoud be at 149!!! I am trying to catch you SHAN!!!
Mahogany, I am glad you and the hubby are feeling better - and 129!!! GEEZ... I am so proud of you girlie... you worked your butt off literally! I have been struggliing to try and make it to the gym with the teenage boy now having a job at McD's and the girl in HS, it seems my built in babysitters are hard to schedule! I made it on Friday, and I plan on going tonight. I have to get back to 3x per week...
Shan: so glad to see you back online! I know you were probably busy with life... But the scale seems to love you. I wouldn't worry about the drop - it was probably just water weight that was causing the scale not to move. Vegas for you? Pleasure trip??? Dang I wish you could stay until the 25th or 26th - we are arriving that Saturday afternoon!
Love you all - have a great Tuesday!!!
Diva, you are beating me. I got on the same scale today at the gym and it said 153. Sad but true that seems more accurate. So I am still trying to get to the 140's. I really haven't been working very hard though. I need to get brave and start logging my food and being accountable for it.
I did my 5k again this morning. I did it slow because I was so tired that I knew I would run out of steam if I pushed it too hard. I think I may go back tomorrow and see how I can do (pending if I sleep well tonight).
I only live a couple hours North of Vegas, so a friend and I are taking another friend to the airport on the 24th and just doing a day trip to hang out. I have so much going on on the 25th or I would stay over. Between football games and our PTA Halloween carnival and another commitment I have that night I really need to come home.
It's good to hear from you. I hope that everyone is doing well.
~Shannon
Wow - you all must be as busy as I am!!! So I am currently dealing with a death in the family - funeral tomorrow. My grandfather passed on Thursday night. I have been at my parents house, checking in on them every day. I also had a choir concert on Sunday - and I have to tell you guys I witnessed my very first MIRACLE on Sunday. I don't know if I mentioned it on the boards or not but one of our young church members had a stroke earlier this year. She is 22. She spent a good amount of time in a coma, then a fair amount of time learning to talk and move her upper body. Her doctors insisted because of the stroke she had suffered some irreparable brain damage which left her paralyzed from the waist down. She had multiple opinions and each doctor told her she would not walk again. Well, Sunday at this musical she JUMPED out of her wheel chair. Not just stood, but leaped out of the chair. She has not stood since the stroke, but Sunday she not only jumped out of that chair and walked, but she did what she is gifted to do. She has been a praise dancer at our church since she came to us and at the start of the musical she had been praise dancing from her wheel chair using only her upper body. She did a beautiful praise dance ON HER FEET afterward. I don't even understand how she had the strength to do it, but did and afterward fell to her knees in worship. I have NEVER in life experienced anything as wonderful and AWESOME as that!!! God can do ANYTHING!!!
PHEW... had to get that out.
I hope you all have a wonderfilled day - and hopefully your week has been as awe inspiring as mine has.
Angelic
and that TTOM thing ruined last weeks weigh in - 154 UGH.... hopefully my Friday weigh in will be back to normal...
Diva, sorry to hear about your grandfather!!! I'm very sorry! I only have one living grandparent left. I know how much it hurts. One was taken away when I was a teen, the other when I was in my early twenties (I don't know my other grandfather). Nonetheless, please take care of you now. It's more than OK not to worry about your weight at a time like this, say maybe like a week, and get back on track later. Please, please, please know that you are in my prayers. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I had a weekend of hedonism that I feel guilty sharing in light of your news. I ate too much, and I spent too much, but I got on that scale, and I was 129.8, and I still have some money LOL.....and am not in debt so its all good. Getting new furniture, etc. for the house delivered in a few weeks. Bought new running shoes, all kinds of CD's some yummy clothes from levi and ralph lauren, to keep me motivated...they were all 6's, except the levis, which had to be 8's to accomodate my butt (I could get into some levis that were 5's but it all depended on the cut, as I still have the sistah butt LOL. I also have big boobs which are keeping me in mediums, when otherwise I would probably wear smalls, but hubby is not complaining). He likes me as I am, but he keeps reminding me not to loose anymore weight lol.
It's hard maintaining, but I give myself a 5 lb. radius. So really no higher than 135, and no lower than 130, otherwise I'd be crazy watching the scale, 131 one day, 133 the next, 129 the next and so on.
HEY THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENTS DIVA, but I am a work in progress, and even though i"m a 6, I could be a 4 if I worked on my flabby tummy. It had always been one of my weakest and lamest areas! But I've come a long way from the 13's........AND SO HAVE YOU, and don't you forget it!!
