Under 150 --- positive people to work with me on this goal!

I have been within a few pounds of my goal of 150 for MONTHS -- far too long really.  Like it's getting ridiculous....     I saw as low as 152 for a few weeks, then I did what I always do, start slacking because "I am so close, I can taste it" and backslide a few lbs.   Start over.     ( :     

NO MORE, I say.    I have it all figured out.    (well except how to stop drinking so much and how not to be so dang lonely.........).  But the lifestyle thing I have down pat.    I workout every day (run with my dog and ride a bike).  I eat good food and the right amount of it ----  1500-1700.   Drink lots of water, get my fiber, try and get enough sleep (this one is hard).

Looking for some girls who are cool who are pretty with it on the fitness path and in the same range as me.....    close to 150, wanna be under 150 and BEYOND.

anyone out there in the same place?     ( :       

Mine used to be 7 days until I got on the pill, not it's smooth sailing only 4-5 days. It wa sa day early this week, weird.

Tom is a bitch, and my trainer said. If you run during the tom.. It's lightens up quicker, and it's over with w/n a matter of days.. Hey.. I'm running tonight anway.. Let's hope I get 3 to 4 days of this mess..

agreed ----  I always try to workout with TTOM, even if I do not wanna....  It makes my cramps better and just makes me feel better overall.   :) 

I am sick of the cold ----   wanna get out there and run without risking frostbite!!

I do not know what is going on with this TOM, but my weigh is going down.. It's 144.8 today.. I hope Monday looks good as well. I mean.. HELLO Ms Trainer.. Thanks for the TOM tips. Low sodium diet, and drinking that water, and making use I eat right during the TOM week.

She said to me. THE TIME OF THE MONTH IS NO REASON TO GAIN WEIGHT. CUT THAT EXCUSE OUT RIGHT NOW!

Yeah! I was blaming a lot of my mistakes on the TTOM.

I'm calling BS (for me), I know for a fact that I put on about 2 lbs of water weight the week before, and it's gone by the following Monday. No matter how hydrated I am and how little of no salt I eat it still happens.

me too, ama ---  I think your trainer is pulling a Jillian!!!   I totally gain weight with TTOM and lose it as soon as it is gone....   that's not very nice or fair of her....  

Now, TTOM is not an excuse to eat what you want and slack on workouts, but it DOES do things to our bodies.  period. 

Yeah! I know it's some BS I know... I'm not understanding this at all, because I normally will grab a freaking 3 to 4 pound gain during the cycle. Everytime it happens just like that. BAM! 3 to 4 freaking pounds, and I drop 3 of them right in the middle of the cycle week. So I don't know what the hell is up with this TOM..Not going to do the happy break dance to quick, because I know what can freaking happen. But when I went in to take a pee at 8 this morning. I got... Hello! 144.8, and I was like.. COME ON.. Yesterday I was 146.4 so I told my girl friend..What is going on with the TOM, and she said. Just be thankful don't question it, and dance happy if you hold out until Monday..

I understand what the both of you are saying. But this has to be some off the wall s*** New scale.. I have, and come on.. I want to break out the old one just to see if it's hitting the marks right. I will do that on Monday. I know that's a slave to the scale, but this s*** is to off the wall for even me.

maybe a little mind over matter, lynn??   you are amazing.  make you a deal --  I will try really hard to do the mental trick you're pulling next TTOM and maybe I can lose too!! that would rock!  keep up the good work! 

Janay, this isn't a "mental" trick. I really don't know what it is. I'm just dropping in numbers. Maybe you need to try to lift some weights and things, and your body would too start dropping in weight. I know I put on muscle mass, and the more muscle you have the more calories you burn during day. I run, and I don't know what the hell it is that has made my pounds drop.  But I know this isn't a "mental" trick. I've just been drinking the water and having my muscle milk in the morning before my workouts, and I only have one of those per-day because they are loaded in calories, and I use that as my post workout meal.

If it is a "mental" trick. Then I would tell you. It's just been the way I've been eating. I really haven't had any salt or processed foods in the past 6 days, and I feel pretty good with the out come, and I've been drinking over 128oz of water. So if that's a mental trick as you call it. I should have been doing it along time ago.

Well, TTOM is over now and I'm back down to 150.7 (after a week at 152ish; I have no mental tricks  :-) ).  My waist and hips are slowly creeping downward - saw 1/4" off each this morning (and if I pulled the tape insanely tight, I could actually make it say 29" waist - but I'll write down the 31.25" that's the real measurement).  I'm starting the next stage of my strength training program on Sunday, so looking forward to that.

wish I had a mental trick today.    :(  

Janay, Why are you calling it a mental trick?

I just honestly wished this morning -- that I had a real trick.   I was feeling very sad and lonely and just all around miserable. 

I got out of the house for a while and feel a little better now. 

Hope all you lovely ladies are well! 

Hey! Sometimes we have some rough times. That's understandable.

I'm very hard on my self when I need to be. I do double workouts 2 days a week. Me being amazing is a long shot. I'm very out going. You really wouldn't understand if I broke it down for you anyway.

Everyones body is a little different. We burn different, and some people don't do anything and just lose weight. All they do is change the way they eat. I don't know what made you sad this morning.

But the question is..

Do you love the skin you are in? Do you love who you are?

my LIFE made me sad.     I love me ---   just not enough, perhaps.  and I really wish someone else loved me. 

Here is an e-hug just for you janay ((((((HUGS)))))))

Make that 2 e-hugs  (((((((HUGS)))))))

HUGS Jan, I don't know what you are looking for ,but I had to look for it within myself. It's hard. I know it is, but we all do need to be loved.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))))))

I'm not going to say everything will be okay, but in time.. Things will get BETTER. I do know that for a fact. My life was a mess, and sometimes it's still a mess. I'm not perfect, and the man I'm with isn't so perfect either, but I have to work at loving me first, and then loving him.

thanks, girls

all those e-hugs hit me just nowand made me smile. 

  I'll get it all figured out one day. 

saw 150.2 this morning before my shower.  (151 something after) but hey ----  not bad / closer. 

how are all of you???

I am ready for it to be warmer than 15 at 5AM again, so I can run.   :)