LOVE THYSELF Challenge

[CDCreations]

To Sheansethsmom's girlfriend, we are thrilled that you are walking and exercising with our phen family phrend!! Please come by and join us - know that we are a totally supportive group, giving hearty congrats as your pounds come off, and we will also encourage you if you happen to go astray. We never judge, and this is the perfect place to vent any frustrations you may have. And we have many shoulders for you to lean on, or to cry on, and we always want to hear of your successes in your weight loss journey, or anything you may want to share - you will be welcomed by all of us with open arms!!

[CDCreations]

Hey Sheansethsmom!! I think we posted one minute of each other, LOL!! Big-time congrats on losing that pound, gurl -- proud of you!!!!!!!! And yes, you can get to those 180s by next week; keep up the great work!!!

[LZ]

Good morning.. My weigh-in 149 which is down 4! I'm off to a great re-start I just need to keep it up. I have a challenge tonight. In-laws are taking us out to a Mexican restaurant. I am going to save as many calories as possible and drink lots of water today.

Ang, great job! You'll be in those 180's before you know it.

Chrijodo, wow 22 to 14 is a lot of sizes!WTG

Hi CD & hat lady.

Kitty, our fearless leader, where are you!

Oh, and I got up this morning and did one of my FIRM workouts first thing. Ideally, this is when I need to workout before the day gets ahold of me.

Have a great day all!!!

[Chrijodo]

Today was my weekly weigh in day... So I weighed in.... 174.6!!!!!
My goal for the challange was 175!!! So do I set a new goal? or what??

[KittyPie2]

Hi everyone,
I am still here, just been busy. My hubby hit a deer Sunday and insurance thinks it's totalled. It's an old truck, so whatever they give us will not be enough to buy another truck with. So, needless to say, all of my online time has been searching for trucks!!

I am still not back on the wagon yet. Can't find it in me to eat a single vegetable or do a stitch of real exercise. I know I sound lazy, because that's what I am. Like I told Shansethmom, maybe I don't want to lose weight bad enough to do the work????? Depression is a horrible monster that takes away all your drive. I am mostly depressed because at this time last year I was 174 lbs and wearing size 12's. I am now 221 and wearing 18W's again!!!!!!!! It really freakin' s$#@()s!!!!! Plus I am sooooo ready for winter to be over! Monday it was 77 degrees...... today it's 24 degrees!

BUT.... I got my phen refilled yesterday and am going to take one tomorrow. I've been thinking of trying some other OTC stuff like Hydroxy Cut or Slim Quick. Have any of you tried those things???

PERSONALS:

LZ: Yes, that pastor that got shot in Maryville is about an hour away from me. Isn't that just awful?? Hey, can I get the recipe for that Super Dieters Soup?? I love soup, maybe it will help me some! Good job on your 149!!

CD: I totally know what you mean about wanting to eat all the time, even when you're not hungry. I have the same problem. I love food. I love things that taste good. I just wish vegetables and good stuff tasted as good as chocolate chip cookies! I think 1/2 my problem is that I don't know how to cook good food, and that there aren't very many vegetable and fruits that I actually like to eat.

SYDNEY: Oh my goodness... Thin Mints are my favorite too! BUT.... to my surprise, a little girl and her grandmother (that I know personally) came to my door last week saying they only had two boxes left to sell, and would I please buy one or even both of them. AND I SAID "NOPE, I CAN'T HAVE COOKIES IN THE HOUSE!" LOL!! She looked at me like I was crazy!

HAT-LADY: Oh how I wish I had a tredmill or stationary bike!!!! At least those are no-brainers and you can just hop on and start. Doing a DVD requires you to actually get up the motivation to pop it in the DVD player, follow along, and try to keep up! I may look into buying a tredmill one of these days.

CHELI: Congratulations on fitting into 14's!!! That is such a wonderful feeling!! GOOD JOB!!!! Oh, and did you post your weight for this past Sunday? I will look again before I post the chart.

DONISE: Hey girl.... did you weigh in? The last weight I have for you is 235.8

HELLO TO EVERYONE ELSE TOO!!

Well, I need to get off here and help son with homework. Talk to you all later.....

[Chrijodo]

I will look and see what my weight for Sunday was. I did my weekly weigh in for myself today and was at 174.6! But my weigh in Sunday was 175.6 if I didn't post it before

Maybe you'll find when you start taking the phen that it gives you the energy/motivation to get going again.. and maybe that will be enough to get you back on track. Depression is AWFUL. I have struggled with it all my life.

[hat-lady]

Hey guys...... I have been caught up in my husbands whirlwind problems.
MIL still very ill. postponed surgery till this week. BIL& SIL arrived 18 hours a head of schedule. MIL went in for surgery this am. they punchured her lung and had to stop surgery. post pone till lung heals. she is still not awake since this am ( its nearly 10 pm now) and is on a respirator. I actually forgot to take my phen today. But I did not forget to eat.................. did not drink near enough water. I do not know when in laws will leave or if they will wait around for her next attempt.
The poor woman is 83 probably weighs 83, no kidney function, bad heart, and now this.
I hope you are all doing ok. I have not gone back to read your posts, but I will when I have time. HL

[LZ]

HL, sorry to hear of all the complications. What a stressful time.

Kitty, one of my classmates from high school that I connected with on FB actually goes to that church. Such a sad story.

The diet is under Anyone Want To Do This under Experiece with phen. I bumped it up for anyone who wants to look at it. I see Cheli has posted there. there is actually two diff soups posted. I am doing the first one. May try the other on next week.

I ate more than I should have at the mexican restaurant but not nearly as much as I could have and I skipped the ice cream. We'll see the damage, but hopefully the soup will help.

[KittyPie2]

I was just over at the "My Experience w/ Phentermine" forum. Have you guys ever had the HCG injections? This lady over there is losing 7 lbs in 7 days!! I am curious about this, and if it works, I really want to try it.

Well, I took a phen this morning. I am wide awake at least. Usually I'd be falling back to sleep by now (9:30am) I got about 6 hours of sleep last night, but not peaceful sleep. I wake up about 10-12 times a night. At first I thought it was the phen, so I stopped taking it for 3 weeks, but even off the phen, I don't sleep. I'm pretty sure it's b/c of my back. It hurts soooo bad in the morning. I used to be a stomach sleeper, but I can't do that anymore cause it feels like my back is breaking in two pieces. Now I sleep on my side w/ a pillow between my legs, and that doesn't help much either. I took a Vicoden the other night, and that's the first time I've slept good in months. It was my last one though!!! So, then I tried taking an 800 mg IBrofen to see if that would help me sleep, but it didn't do much except make me extremely groggy the next day. Needless to say.... it looks like I am going to have to find someone to help me figure out this back pain. I am calling the gynocologist, and I will talk to my Fam. Dr. about it again on Thursday. If they can't help me, I am going to go to the Spine and Joint Center and see if they can help me. I can't live like this anymore!!!!!

Well, that's all for now. I've been reading posts about that HCG stuff for like an hour and have not gotten one thing done yet today!!!!!

Talk to you later....

[CDCreations]

My goodness Kittiepie, so sorry to hear about your back pain and discomfort in sleeping; I'm going through that menopause thing, and I get hot and cold, over and over, and my sleep has been terrible; my PCP prescribed Lunesta for me, and that does help me have an uninterrupted sleep - only thing is that I must have 7-8 hours for sleeping, and I take it before I lay down. But I do know what it's like to have a lack of sleep for days, and then to have that back pain on top of that - my goodness, I'll keep you in my prayers; feel better ... Hat-Lady, you have truly been going through; my MIL is 86, and is my whole world. She also has been in and out of hospitals, and as of right now, she's home and doing okay. Between having had a stroke, one kidney, terrible asthma, the list goes on and on ... You are truly going through, know that I will pray for you and your family; hang in there and try to be strong, know that your phen family will be thinking of you.

LZ, woooohoooo on your excellent weight loss -- 4 pounds is awesome!! You'll do fine at dinner tonight, that kind of weight loss will keep you strong, know that you're on your way; proud of you!!! Hi phen family, I went out to dinner with hubby last night, a really nice seafood restaurant, and I did okay with my "eating half" diet, so while I enjoyed my meal, had to try the rolls though, but that was my only one bad thing. I took a lot of my meal home, soooo good! So today I am drinking water out of one of those big 1 liter bottles, finished one and am on my way to fill it up again - weather's kinda cold today, so I'll just really push the water, and will definitely be going to Curves tonight - have a great day today, TTYL!!

[CDCreations]

One quick thing to add -- Kittiepie, I also was reading up on the HCG injections, and plan to ask my PCP about them when I go see her, ask her about the effects, and if it would be good for me to try out. And yesterday, I also spent a lot of time going through different sites reading up on it - I need to make an appointment to see her (probably won't end up seeing her until 2 weeks or so), so I'll see what happens. Also plan to ask her for a prescription of the 37.5 phen tablets so that I can cut them in half (rather than taking the capsules) - let's remember to drink our water ladies!!

[LZ]

Good morning.

Kitty, I don't sleep well on or off phen. Two benadryl do the trick for me. I try not to take them every night because I am afraid they will not be effective. I usually do not take naps, but yetserday I was so tired. I had been getting up at 5-5:30 w/hubby all week and hadn't planned on getting up yesterday but he was noisy so I did. Anyway, I took an hour nap and felt great. Of course, then I didn't sleep well last night, but I didn't get up until 6:45 this morning. I may take a nap this afternoon if I need one. Son gets out early and is bringing his hyper friend home to spend the night so I'll have to be extra tired. It is cold and rainy for the third day and the boys are old enough so I don't have to stay on guard every minute.

Did you find the extrem diet soup thread. I'll e-mail it to you too as I copied and pasted it into word.

CD, I went to dinner last night. I didn't do good but I could have done worse. Back on track today although I am going to skip the scale check until tomorrow. I take the 37.5 tablets and I like to be able to break them in 1/2.

Time to get the house straightened. Have a great day all.

[DoNiSe2009]

I thought I posted last week sorry!

3/7 ~ 230.6

3/14 ~ 229.0

[Chrijodo]

It's Sunday... my weight today was 171.8

[LZ]

Hi all. I've had an up and down weekend. Did great Fri after eating out Thursday night but went on a binge last night. I worked outside today and have really watched my intake. I was at 148 today so that diet soup must be helping.

Looking forward to seeing how everyone else is doing.

[hat-lady]

Had an awful week end. Weighed gained 1 pound. In-laws still here. I WILL have a better week. I was able to ride my bycycle some today.... so nice outside.
My menu horrible. did not drink my water... ugh!! I really thought I was making changes to stay, back on the wagon tomorrow. hello to all......... HL

[CDCreations]

Hello phen family! Busy at work today, deadlines everywhere, but wanted to post that I lost 2 pounds, yes!!! I'm committing this week to go to Curves a minimum of 3 times of this week, and definitely doing my stationary bike 4 or more times this week for 30-40 minutes. Sticking with my current eating plan, but cutting back on the carbs more -- will try to post back later this afternoon; TTYL!!

[LZ]

Good morning all. My phen honeymoon is over. I am having a hard time sticking to the 1200 plan the nutritionist gave me. I have had a bad sweet cravings. TOM started today so I am telling myself that is the problem. Also telling self that the cravings end as soon as it starts.LOL

So this week I am taking one day at a time. Son is on Spring break and hubby is home sick so there are my challenges for today. So goals for today include:

*Cardio of some kind for at least 30 minutes
*Stick to 1200 calorie diet and do best to stay to exchages (8 lean protein,4 grain,3 veggie,2 fruit,one milk)
*at least 64 oz of water

The nutritionist wanted me to eat 6 small meals a day. I can do that, but in order to limit my calories that far I will not start eating until after noon.

Hat Lady, with all the sress you have been under you have done very well. I am proud you are taking charge in spite of the circumstances.

CD,WTG on the two pounds.

Oh, I finished my weeks worth of soup and I really think it helps so I am going to give myself a few days break and make another pot. I am kind of tired of it for the moment, but really like it and it is a great way to get in some veggies. I am going back to find the thread because there was another soup posted that maybe I'll try.

Have a great day all!

[KittyPie2]

Hi all....

Well, I weighed 120.5 yesterday, so that's -1 for me. I know it's water weight though.

CD...thanks for the prayers, I can use all I can get.

LZ... yes, I got the recipe, thank you!! I am going to try it soon.

Donise... I am going to track that girl on HCG and see how she does first. I am skeptical, unless I see proof.

Not much else going on with me. I have two Dr. appts this week, so we'll see how those go. Thanks for weighing in everyone. The only weights I didn't get yet was Sydney and Shaynsethmom. Hope you two are doing good! This is week 6 right?

DonnaMex: Are you still here???????????

Okay, here is the chart:

LZZZZZ: 148 (-3.4) WHOA!! HOLY MOLEY! GOOD JOB!!!
Chrijodo: 171.8 (-2.8) GOOD JOB!!!!
CDCreat: 233 (-2.0) GOOD JOB!!!!
Donise: 229 (-1.6) GOOD JOB!!!
KittyPie: 220.5 (-1) Whoopiti doo!!
HatLady: 191 (+1) THAT'S OKAY... YOU'VE LOST 4 LBS IN 6 WEEKS! (that's over 1/2 lb per week!!)
Shaynsethmom: ????
Sydney28: ???

Okay, that's all for now. Talk to you guys later....

[KittyPie2]

Ooops, I meant to say I weight 220.5 NOT 120.5 (DON'T I WISH!!)

[whyme]

I am a little late, but I am joining u in your challenge. We have so much in common. I had lost quite a bit of weight last year and gained it back. I went through a lot of different emotions and ate to comfort me. Now, God is all the comfort I need. Things are getting better, SO I will continue this journey one day at a time.

[LZ]

Why me-we always welcome new challengers.

So far, so good today. Son and I took a 30 minute bike ride. I still have calories/exchanges left and I have drank my water.

[hat-lady]

Hey everyone.......
I did do much better today.. I got in my water. rode my bike. ate fish for supper, salad for lunch oatmeal for breakfast.

MIL had a stroke this afternoon.
Husband not go to work tomorrow.
Do not know how severe it was.

Thank you for the encouragements.. I do appreciate it. HL

[LZ]

Hat Lady, your family is in my prayers/

Great job yesterday!

I did well too. 1012 calories total. Not enough veggies. I am going to the store to get more veggies and fruit today.

Kitty 120.5---hmmmm. I can't imagine.

Ok, exercise for me today will be extreme. Unload abut 30 bags of mulch and load and unload 22 bales of hay. Will I be able to move?

Off to get this started. Have a great day. TTYL

[DoNiSe2009]

I was doing more researh on that HCG shot the shot sounds really good but you gotta stay to a 500 calorie strick diet I bookmarked what you can eat and its crazy dont think its something I can stick with at the moment,

I am going to keep doing what I am doing and hopefully doc will keep me on phen for a few more months then decided what I am going to do

[KittyPie2]

Hello everyone! WELCOME WhyMe! Glad to have you! I need your starting weight and goal. We will probably start a new challenge in April that you can continue with too.

OK.....I have been reading and reading and reading about this HCG diet, and not only am I convinced that it works, I am convinced that what they are saying about the government purposely making and keeping us fat for the money, is true too!

Anyone who wants to read up on it can go to HCGfatloss dot com. I have spent at least 3-4 hours on there in the last two days reading everything I can. The most interesting article was "The FDA is lying to you". This fu**ing government is CORRUPT. Did you know a scientist came up with a cure for diabetes, and was paid 30 MILLION DOLLARS not to market it and keep his mouth shut!!!!!!!!!!! It's probably the same with cancer too. And with Obesety too... well, this guy Kevin T. is the "whistleblower" and is shining a light on what the FDA and Doctors, and Pharm. companies are doing to keep Americans sick to profit on healthcare.

I know, it sounds impossible. Like "there's no way they would do that", but they are... for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! And it makes sense too. Why is America the fattest country? Why can't we lose weight for good and keep it off for good?..... Because, then the weight-loss industry would lose BILLIONS! They are putting chemicals in our food that make us addicted to it!!

So, I know there are going to be different opinions about this, but if you are tired of trying to lose weight year after year after year, and you are starting to feel physically worse and worse over time.... I think you should read this website. I don't agree with every little thing it says like (Electromagnetic waves make you eat more...throw away your microwave)... now, I don't know about that, but MOST of it does make sense. The testimonials, the proof, the 30 years of research show that HCG makes you lose weight and is perfectly safe with absolutely ZERO side effects. Fat is released from problem areas, cravings go away, most other physical ailments go away....it is very interesting.

I am going to start this diet in April, and if any of you guys want to join me, you can. I am going to list what it says to do in Phase 1 (30 days) and even if you don't go into Phase 2 (HCG injections), phase 1 will still help you lose weight and make you physically healthier.

[KittyPie2]

PHASE 1 = 30 DAYS. Do as many of these things as you possibly can for best results.....

Drink 1/2 to 1 gal. of purified (not tap) water per day

Walk 1 hour per day at a steady pace

Use Extra Virgin Raw Coconut Oil to cook with

Eat 2 Organic apples a day

Eat 2 Organic grapefruits per day

Do a Colon Cleanse during this month

Take a Whole Foods Supplement (Garden of Life Multi was recommended)

Drink at least 1 cup of Green Tea per day (WuLong was recommended)

Take Probiotics as directed on box (Probiotics Plus was recommended)

Eat a big organic breakfast every day. 100% organic eggs, 100% organic meats, cheeses, breads, etc. "Organic" means not chemically altered in anyway.

Eat your last meal before 6pm

Eat 6 times per day (ex. breakfast, fruit, lunch, fruit, dinner, fruit)

Take Acetyl L-Carnitine supplement

Eliminate Cadnida overgrowth in system (see website for more info.)**

Eat 100 grams of protein 100% -80% Organic before bed

Eat organic hot peppers and Cinnamon

Use Stevia as a sweetener or Organic Raw Sugar Cane

Take Krill Oil (Omega-3's) and All Natural Vitamin E

Get regular massages (at least once a week)

Do Yoga as much as possible

Lift weights 2 times a week

MAJOR NO NO'S: (Read the lables)
NO TRANS FATS
NO HIGH FRUCTOS CORN SYRUP
NO ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS (including Splenda)
NO MONSODIUM GLUTAMATE (MSG)
NO NITRATES
NO SODA OR CARBONATED BEVERAGES
NO FAST FOOD WHATSOEVER!!

I know this list is long, but most of them are fairly simple. Main thing to remember, is that most foods we buy in the store are chemically altered, so read the lables. If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it. It's not the food that we're eating that's making us fat... it's the chemicals they are putting in the food. If we go Organic or at least partially organic, they can't keep us fat anymore. It says look for "Organic" on the lable, and that "All Natural" and "Whole Grain" means NOTHING.

Okay.... well, that's the list. Like I've said before, I want to get healthy more than anything, and if these chemicals in our foods is what is making me gain weight, making me depressed, making me crave more, etc., etc., ... then I am not going to eat their food anymore. HELL, I might grow my own dang garden!!! LOL!!

To each her own.... I just wanted to pass the information along.

PHASE 2 is the phase where you start the HCG injections. Phase 1 is sort of a detoxing period before you start the HCG, so you can get the best results possible. The HCGfatloss dot com sells the 45 day kits for $44 with no shipping.

People on PHASE 2 lose approximately 1-2 pounds PER DAY!!!!! Without being hungry and without side effects!!!!

[CDCreations]

Thanks for the information Kittiepie, definitely some things we should all take heed to, especially what to look for in foods, those fancy words that manufacturers use to disguise the word "sugar" -- I agree that these companies are benefitting from our being overweight, diseases, etc. just to keep their pockets fat with our hard-earned money ...

Good morning phen family! I am doing pretty good, fighting the urge to eat late-night snacks, like last night, which was particularly hard, but I stayed strong and didn't munch. I had the 1/2 tuna fish sandwich for lunch yesterday, then ate the other half for dinner, and I went to Curves and also did some stationary bike work too, so I'm pleased with my workouts yesterday; could have drank more water though, so today, I'm starting early getting the water in this morning. Hope everyone is doing okay, let's really try to get the water in today!!

Welcome Whyme, so glad to have you with us!!

[LZ]

Hey Gals!

Kitty, wow that is a lot of information. I just don't think I could do that first 30 days--even taking phen. A lot of food for thought. Ba Ha Ha!

CD, good job on staying away from that late night snacking. As you know that is one of my huge problems.

DoNiSe, tou are making great progress. Keep it up!

Hat Lady, my prayers are with you. Hope to hear how you and family are doing soon.

Yesterday was a great day for me. I burned some calories! I went and got a load of mulch(25 bags) and other stuff including about 10 bricks first thing and came home and unloadsed them, Then I went and loaded 22 bales of hay that I had to carry about 20 feet before I could get them in my truck and than I planted 18 tomato plants. Oh and I cleaned and stained kitchen cabinets for about two hours. Needless to say I was good tired last night and didn't even need benadryl to sleep. I woke up this morning at 6:20 and made myself so back to sleep until 9. Calories were 1128.

Today I am going to plant 18 squash plants, maybe dump a few bags of mulch in flower beds and than come in and clean house. My reward will be to work on my kitchen cabinets some more. lol

Have a great day all.

[CDCreations]

Hello phen family, I'm doing pretty good today; went to Curves last night, and got in a great workout! So today, I'm really pushing the water, and plan to do the bike this evening, get in some good cardio. My eating has been very good, cutting back on my portions, so hopefully my weight loss will be pretty good when I weigh in on Sunday. I'm getting low on my phen, so when I go see my PCP on Thursday of next week, I plan to ask her for a refill. Wanted to try to do this entirely on my own, but for right now, with the Jamacian trip creeping up in June, I need the phen.

Where is everyone?

[hat-lady]

Hello everyone.
I have done really well the last couple days.
I have drank my water and kept food intake to a proper level.
The HCG thing is not for me. I am squimish about needles. Do not think I could do it.
If I could get at a doctor maybe....... otherwise, I will have to plod along at a snails pace.

Hope everyone is hanging in there.
HL

[LZ]

Hey all. My weigh-in 146.2! (-2.8) I worked outside a lot yesterday. Have not done so well today. 1477 calories and not good ones either.

I will do better tomorrow as I can not blow this progress!

[SweetRRT]

sorry still been busy with dad. he is getting out of rehab tomorrow
just weighed.

179.3

[LZ]

SweetRRT, great news that Dad is getting out of rehab.

Good morning all. I will do good today! However, being good will be a challenge. I am taking daughter out to lunch at Olive Garden for her 19th birthday. I will put up the hay this morning as part of my exercie and maybe till a couple of rows to make sure I get in 30 minutes of cardio.

TGIF!

[CDCreations]

LZ, I luv the methods and ways that you get your cardio/weight lifting workouts in, you're using your farming projects to its greatest advantage! And congrats on your weight loss this week, proud of you!

Good morning phen family! Went out to dinner with hubby last night, and I ordered my favorite, which is a good, nourishing meal - baked tilapia (with shrimp on top), mashed potatoes (delicious, but they don't give you much, so that's good calorie-wise), and brocolli. I ate half the meal, and have bought the other half in for lunch today. I've been taking my phen around 12:30, and that seems to work good for me in helping to keep the late-night munching at bay. Tonight I plan to go to Curves, and then get some walking in over the weekend --

SweetRRT: My thoughts and prayers to you and your dad, so glad to hear that he's getting out of rehab tomorrow; he is so Blessed to have you there - there's nothing like family ... sending hugs and God's strength to you today!

Hat Lady: Glad to hear that you're eating good and staying the course; proud of you, keep it up!!

Okay ladies, let's drink that water and rinse those pounds out; Have a happy Friday!!