[wanna b slimmer]

Good morning ladies!

I'm sorry I haven't posted personals to any of you. A lot of you are new and some not . . .like you Brat! Nice to see you here Once office life settles down a little, I will have more time to do personals.

Yesterday was a very good day for me as far as food is concerned.

B - 2 hard boiled eggs and string cheese
L - 2 pieces of chicken and a large salad again
D - Took the girls to the Souplantation - pigged out on salad

I also did 2 1/2 miles up the mountain last night. My problem is strain on my calves. . .yikes I'm feeling my age. I've had to take a potassium supplement about a 1/2 hour before I go up to ease the leg cramps.

Hope everyone has a great day. Tomorrow is my Friday as I will be heading up to Washington and Oregon for a mini-vacation and my nephews High School graduation.

[Virgo66]

Hi Everyone! My name is Mary and, like many of you, I'm a food-a-holic. I'm 41, married, and we have a wonderful 1 yr old kitty-daughter.

I work in an office at a state university, so I don't get much exercise other than my 5 minute walk from and then back to the parking lot. The last challenge I was in was Choco's 10 in 10, and I believe my end weight for that challenge was 185. Well, guess what. My starting weight for this challenge is 192! I know it could be worse and I'm glad it's not, but still... We've got a wedding at the end of June, Hubby will be in the wedding party and no doubt look hot in his tux, and I just want to be sure I don't look frumpy, which is how I feel.

My goals for this challenge:
1) lose a minimum of 10 lbs
2) drink 100 oz water a day
3) get my big 'ole butt moving again! I can't even tell you the last time I exercised!!
4) make sure I post here once a day. I really s*ck at that. But I can already say I won't be posting on weekends because they're just too busy for me, and I rarely get near a computer on sat & sun.

food so far for me today:
B: 1 c Kashi Crunch, 1/2 c 1% milk (w/cereal)
S: 1 c red grapes. The yummy round ones, not the long ones! I'm really picky about my grapes...
L: 1 c orzo with red onions, herbs, feta and a little bit of olive oil, with a small scoop of artichoke-hummus from the lunch truck outside my building, probably not the healthiest thing, eh?
D: I think dinner will be chicken sausage, not sure, maybe pork chops? Haven't decided yet.

And side dishes, I'm at a loss as to what to make anymore. Hubby is a bit picky, he doesn't like rice, cous cous, etc, so it's usually some kind of potato-based dish (fries, baked, roasted -- sometimes a sweet potato for me). OK so he's a lot picky! I want to make healthier sides anyhow, any suggestions?

Water so far today: 50 oz.

LZ , thanks for the push! I'm sure I'm on the right track (once again! ).

Bratty & Candy!!!!! So nice to see you again! CAn't wait to catch up, I know you've both had a rough time.

And hi to everyone else, it's nice to meet you all, though I've been lurking and reading your posts... Geez, I feel like a peeping-tom!

OK, gotta get back to work now.
~M~

[7jeans soon]

Hello ladies

I have wonderful news!! I know it had to be bloat, but I am down 5# from Monday morning! I weighed in at 207.4 today. The even better news is that I'm EXTREMELY sore from an intense yoga class yesterday- literally, my entire body aches. But of course, it's a good ache.

I too, am so sorry that I havent had time for personals! I'm trying to be better about managing my time and making time for this site each day...it's just so tough!

Lots of newbies though Very exciting....I will be feeding of your motivation for the next few months, lol.

So I have made it to the gym the past 3 mornings, which is impressive seeing as how I get up at 5:45am to do so. Cardio today and Monday and yoga yesterday. I've also been under 1000 calories the past 2 days and plan on doing the same today. Water, as always, has been over 80 ounces each day.

I WILL be in onderland within 2 weeks!!! No ifs, ands or butts.


Okay, my lunch hour has been over- must get back to work

[ready2feelgoodagain]

Hello everybody - still here but to make a long story short life STINKS right now. I have not exercised, drank my water, taken my phen and I have pretty much eaten oh everything in site. Lost my motivation, trying to find it again and get rid of this I don't give a crap attitude. I go to the doctor on friday - not know what the scales are going to say. I am trying to work my way out of this funk so until I do at least a little I will probably just lurk in here to keep up with ya'll and only post my weigh-in's I sure don't want to bring anyone down.

[Pooh79]

Hello everyone especially to those that I don't know. This will be a great challenge for all of us I can feel it.

So today was my bi-weekly doctor's appointment and I was down 7 and a half lbs in two weeks. A total of 15 for my first month on phen. That felt really good. My house scale weighed in at 250 doctor at 254.2.

I went to sleep late last night so I did not do my daily walk and skipped breakfast ughh I know that's bad.

L- Tuna salad with ranch dressing and some whole wheat bread. I hadn't had bread in like 3 weeks. I like to have carbs once in a while hehe.

Water I am on bottle #2 of 6. I am planning to kick butt with Tae Bo tonight to make up for my missed walk and probably clean house.

Guys, I will really need you next week. I will be on vacation and I really really want to stay on track, eat right and continue to exercise. The good thing is that we aren't leaving town we are just hanging out at home with the kids, going to movies, zoo etc.

[bratface]

Crappy news for the day... I did my weigh-in this morning and it scared the bejeebers out of me... 173.5! Frick, frick, frick!!!

Good news for the day... I've been drinking a lot of water today and the bf and I are grilling some chicken for dinner... at least my true day 1 of this challenge will be some healthy eating. We're also going for a long walk after dinner... yay for me.

My goal is to get to 145 by the end of the summer. BF and I are going to have contests too so I really am SOOOOO determined. I know that's quite a bit of weight to lose, 28.5 pounds, but I think my first week will flush some of it out early... at least I hope so!

WannaB, so great to see you here. Virgo, your kitty-daughter is looking beautiful... my, my! I emailed Choco-cat and Timi and called JBO... that'd be so cool if they'd join too. Geez, I missed you all.

I'll set my other goals this week too... I'm trying to figure out how much water I can realistically put down and how much exercise I should commit to.

Well, gotta go... I have a kitty kneading my arm and it's starting to hurt a bit.

See ya later!

Bratty

[LZ]

Oh, gosh folks. I just had a huge post i lost. i know better to go on that long without posting. I'll try to re-cap some of it in a bit.

[LZ]

Ok, so I'll have to paraphrase.

So glad to see a lot of old phrends along with my new phrends. Please look back at the inital post for the challenge requirements.

Candy, water parks are wonderful! Son had a field trip today and I have to say it was the best one I have ever been on. Daughter went with me and a couple more friends. Talk about exercise! I have my 45 minutes three days in a row!

Calories were too high yesterday, but they have been good today. I need to plug them in spark and see.

Wanna B, I'll be groaning about the calves in the morning i am sure.

Gonna. glad you beat the cancer. I was worried about you. What a scary ordeal.

Bratty, so you settled in Colorado? Doing the real estate thing?

Pooh, 15 pounds, wow!

Ready2FeelGood, you are at the right place. You know you will feel better if you get back on track.

More later...

[LZ]

Tan, How is the no sodas going. I love Diet Coke. I am not limiting it as long as I drink my 75 ounces of water. Almost there for today.

Meg, down #5, I'd take it no matter what the reason. We sure have to take the gains.lol

Mary, I love the kitty in the car!

Bratty, I still love your avatar. Recognize my old one? I got tired of my picture and the pink panther so I switched back to my old one.

OK, have a great evening. TTYL

[Gonnasail]

Ok, so today was a great day for me. I dragged myself to the gym. I was very aprehensive as the last few times I went, I was unable to do much at all. That is so very discouraging. I told myself to listen to the doctor and give it 3-4 more weeks as my body was not healed and my blood pressure and heart rate were still low.

I had a goal of 2 miles and I did it. It was a run/walk/run/walk, but I did the distance. It felt good and I know I can improve on that. I certainly did not set any speed or time records..but I have to start somewhere. I then did some biceps, triceps and shoulders. i was beat!

I came home, ate dinner and was ready to just put my feet up and relax a bit. However, one of the girls that work for me (I won a cleaning company) called in sick and of course at the last minute. So, I had to go do a rather large commercial job tonight and am just arriving back home. Whew!

What did I eat today?
B-zone bar w/black coffee (learning to like it minus creme)=210 calories
S-pureed fruit, 4 oz =55 calories
L-tuna w/2 TB light mayo, 10 green olives(no bread) salad with 1/2 tomato, 1/2 ounce feta, ff dressing=480 calories
S-South Beach bar, watermelon=146 calories
D-grilled tilapia & steamed asparagus-130 calories
S-Slim-a-bear ice cream=100 calories
TOTAL=1121

My goal was to be 1100 or under and I went 21 over. I am not going to beat myself up over it. I did work out today and burned calories. However, I am not one to add more calories into my diet when I burn them at the gym...

so glad to have this challenge, thanks to LZ. I will go back and read the posts so I can learn all about the new phrends so I can be more diligent with the personals...we all enjoy getting the 'at a girl!

Enjoy your nights,I am headed to bed where I am sure to pass out rather quickly!

[TruLu]

I cant seem to keep my days straight lately. I've been so busy I cant tell if Im coming or going sometimes.

Anyway, today was an overall good day. I walked about 3 miles today and got in my water and supplements (fiber and fish oils)

I did pretty good with the food too, I think. I wasnt really hungry all day which is a huge bonus. For breakfast I had a glass of skim milk and some grapes. Lunch was a cheese sandwich and half a smooshed banana (thanks to my son) For Dinner I had some raw carrots, baked chicken, and about 8 baked french fries. I had one of those 90 calorie packs of mint chocolate rice cakes a while ago.

Im thinking I need to really cut back on my carb intake. Of course this is the hardest part to give up. At least I should reduce them to only early in the day.

Tomorrow is another day and another opportunity to do better than before.

[scatanafas]

My dad is not getting better and coming home from the hospital as we had hoped.....I don't give a crap what I eat at this point. Yesterday I had a McDonald's hamburger, a bag of chips, a chocolate baton from trader joe's......hmmm..I'm sure I had something else but I don't remember and I'm sur eit wasn't somethinig nutritious.

Prayers needed......

I'll be back on here when things get better.

peace out.