One-derland Challenge: 11/15 - 2/15

**shoefiend** · December 2nd, 2009, 03:55 PM

Chiquita - congrats on the 3lbs gone!!

Sosassafrass - Great job on keeping in control during the holidays! I wish I was like you and didnt care for dessert, besides being a shoefiend I am a major chocolatefiend - lol!

Ladys27 - hang in there girl! Like Lejune said, you are most likely losing inches and the lbs on the scale will soon reflect your loss

Lejune - Fantastic job getting out of the size 20's!! Cant wait to join you!! BTW- I am soooo with you on taking that d**** doc's scale to the river if it doesnt match my home scale - lol. Thanks for the giggle

Jeanin - feel better soon - tis the season for illness. You will be off and running before you know it. Just take care of you first!

Dee - Running!!! Great job!!! You go girl! Cant wait to get there myself. That is one of my goals to be able to run/jog instead of walking my many miles a day. As for your pic, do not be embarrassed of your amazing accomplishment and transformation!! Like Lejune said "i think we all have those pics" I know for me a pic is what made me really realize what I was doing to myself and that I needed to make a change. It really didnt hit me that I was as big as I was until I saw my frightful pic that caused me to start my journey. Keep up the great work and knock the socks off of your highschool sweetie!!!

Jess - Woo hoo!!! WTG on the 8lb loss

Keep up the great work!

Kayskidz - Lady you are just smokin off the weight! 70lbs lost is a huge accomplishment! You are a huge motivator and inspiration every time I see your ticker go down. You are going to meet your goal in no time!

As for me, I did check my weight again today on my home scale. I normally dont do this weighing in a couple times a week but I am so nervous that my home scale weight wont match the doc's scale on Friday! My scale shows I am down another 1lb, but I will not change my ticker again until I go see the doc for the actual number. All I got to say is it better match or that scale is goin down!! I hope I dont start freakin out and feel that I have to start weighing myself 5x a day. I really enjoy going in for my weekly weigh in's and seeing that big number. I am like a little kid at Xmas when it comes to my Friday weigh in.

**Angie3280** · December 3rd, 2009, 10:42 AM

So I have been trying to wait until my 4 month to write how things have been going. I did okay on thinksgiving but didnt really work out like i should have. I have returned to working out and even took a hip hop class last night....It was so much fun... Well my offical 4th month weigh in is tomorrow but i will just put it down for today. I was able to drop 5 pounds in the last two weeks. I am glad that everyone else is doing so well...Keep up the good work and we will all be in onederland in no time!!!

**LeJune** · December 3rd, 2009, 11:35 AM

KaysKidz -- I am doing the happy dance for you!!! Congrats.

Angie -- you shouldn't have waited so long.....girl I love seeing someone else reach their goals that inspires me even the more. congratulations!!!!!

Wonderful job ladies!!!

**dee60** · December 3rd, 2009, 12:10 PM

LeJune... girl.. what are you the local food critic!! hahah... If those restaurant knew what was good for them they would be cratering to you. LOL...
All that food sounds good.... gave it all up!!! I am an all or nothing girl at least right now... well... except when it comes to a good cold beer... uhmmm I guess we choose our weekness.. :0 Keep up the will power and remember go to your local Health food store and get Cleansing Blend with Fibers.. the 2 parts, it is gentle on your body and you will see a difference.

KaysKidz - congrats!!! doesn't it feel good!!

shoefiend - oh girl.. let me tell you I felt like I had climb a mountain...just trully running .. able to pick these legs up and stretch out... wow.. YOU will get there too... I think doing that WALK AWAY THE POUNDS DVD.. has really helped me get to this point. Ya that one picture that was the eye opener... man... I looked like one of those big sumo blow up dolls with a pin head setting on the top... LOL... Thank you .... I plan on knocking his socks off alright.. and a... never mind!! :0 ... anyway.. we have been talking for 2 months... and he sent me a pic last night.. what the hell am I worried about.. he sounds the same... hahaha but he has put on weight too... not to bad.. just can really tell in the face.. lol... I am going to have to work him out.... get him healthy tooooo... That could be fun.. hummmmmm
Sheofiend - about the scale... just weigh yourself everymorning and go by that intial weigh in... by the time you go to the docs... water weigh has set in so you naturally are going to wiegh a little more then your scales... I know if I go to the doc around 10:30 I will weigh about 2 lbs more then when I get up... That is okay... I going by my scale for my satisfaction.

Okay... This morning I am down another pound 204!!!!!! 5 MORE pounds then I am below 200!!! I am counting daily..
I went to Kmart yesterday after my daughters soccer game and put on a size 14 Misses Levi strauss Jeans!!!!! Okay they were TIGHT..(MADE MY BUT LOOK GOOD).. Had a little well alittle more then a little muffin top.. but those babies were up and buttoned.... I am going to wait another week and go back
if they fit then I will buy them... NO MORE 16's I refuse!!!

Ladies... lets keep our goal on our mind through out the day... What we think upon we become!!!!

**LeJune** · December 3rd, 2009, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by dee60

Thank you .... I plan on knocking his socks off alright.. and a... never mind!! :0 ... anyway.. we have been talking for 2 months... and he sent me a pic last night.. what the hell am I worried about.. he sounds the same... hahaha but he has put on weight too... not to bad.. just can really tell in the face.. lol... I am going to have to work him out.... get him healthy tooooo... That could be fun.. hummmmmm

Dee--you crack me up. Working out......wow!!! LMBO

I love walk away the pounds. I will have to pull the VHS or DVD out...I think I have both.

**shoefiend** · December 3rd, 2009, 03:45 PM

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Thank you .... I plan on knocking his socks off alright.. and a... never mind!! :0 ... anyway.. we have been talking for 2 months... and he sent me a pic last night.. what the hell am I worried about.. he sounds the same... hahaha but he has put on weight too... not to bad.. just can really tell in the face.. lol... I am going to have to work him out.... get him healthy tooooo... That could be fun.. hummmmmm

Dee- Thanks for the giggle. You really cracked me up too

That is really too exciting meeting back up with your former high school flame! I married my high school flame, he was the love of my life in highschool but we just had different priorities back then so we broke up shortly after graduation. Then one night about 8 years ago he shows up at my apartment (he looked me up in the white pages) after not speaking for several years. He tells me he is getting a divorce because he realized he made the biggest mistake of his life and basically couldnt live with out me. Shortly after his divorce I moved in with him and we married in 2004. I totally felt like a lifetime movie - lol. I am a total sap for romance, so you better keep us posted!

Btw, thank you for the advice on the scale... I have been really trying to stay off of it because I tend to freak out by even small fluctuations. I am going to try your advice and weigh in every am or every other am so I can keep myself accountable and know that I am continuing in the right direction.

**dee60** · December 3rd, 2009, 04:17 PM

Shoefiend.... THANKS FOR SHARING THAT IS SOOOO EXCITING... and romontic... awe... We have not spoken in 20 years... though he probably had remarried.. but no... he found me on facebook... and once we started talking it was as if we picked up where we left off... and better cuz we are more mature now... I would have never though he would have been such a romantic.. in his old age... He says I am the one that got away... has never stopped loving me.. He has never felt this way... We dated off and on for 4 years and he took my virginity at 18... so it is really special.. All I know right now is I am laughing really laughing again... looking at things differently... I do not know what the future holds... right now I am trying to get me on track... physcially... mentally... going to visit my family an him.. see if there is really something there or are we in love with our memories.. ya know.. then I coming home... I have to find a JOB... I have always been in sales... like the freedom.. and money ..at this point I do not know ... open to suggestions... but I need to be able to support myself again... be independent.. even though I know the SH... wants me to move back to Tx.. he is not going to push... (and he is patient and understanding) What is wrong with this picture... :0

Anyway...again Thank you for sharing.. that is so exciting..

**xblackbettyx** · December 3rd, 2009, 04:40 PM

Okay, I am joinin'. I am not going to get my hopes up because sometimes you don't lose as fast as your would like even if you are doing everything right. I have around 35lbs to lose. It would be really super cool to be under 200 by then. Last time I weighed under 200 was when I was 16 (and that was after losing 25lbs...how sad!).

**KaysKidz** · December 3rd, 2009, 04:49 PM

LOL at the muffin top comment! That was the highlight of my day...buy a pair of jeans...get the muffin top effect....and when you put them on a week or so later and no more muffin top...I LOVE IT! I am there in my 16's now and I couldn't be happier! OK, so I could be in a 12 and over the moon...but considering how far I've come in 4mo, I'll take it!

**LeJune** · December 3rd, 2009, 10:06 PM

xblackbettyx - Welcome!!! You will find everyone is really helpful, encouraging, great to talk to and/or even vent with.

Shoefiend - What a sweet story. Ahhhhhhhh.

Dee60 - I am so happy for you. It is important to have someone that makes you laugh again. We do not realize all the time what a toll bad relationship take on us.

Congrats to you both again.

KaysKidz - 16's YGG!!! You will be giving those away soon.

**dee60** · December 4th, 2009, 09:29 AM

Goodmorning All!!!!

Well did not lose.. but anything this morning... but I am not surprised... I pushed my work out to the LIMITS yesterday... Must be working off sexual Frustrations....

LOL.... anyway... I imagine my muscles are holding water ... so by tomorrow I believe I will drop..
When I measured this morning.. I have only lost a total of another 5"... would like more but that is okay... how my clothes are fitting... is cool.

xblackbettyx.... girl we just gonna have to change that name... cuz you going be rocking before you know it!!!

About getting your hopes up... well... you have to BELIEVE it is GONNA Happen.. I know it is hard to not worry about it..that it is not coming off fast enough... I had to change my thinking... to one day at a time... one week at a time... an visualizing how this old 49 body is gonna look with in the next 6 weeks.... watch out you 20 years olds...

**dee60** · December 4th, 2009, 09:37 AM

Hit the wrong button... I got all excited...

You just stay focused.. get on some form of exercise routine and watch what happens...

Kaykidz - Girl... I will go back next Thursday and buy those babies... I remember when Levis is all I would wear.. can't find them like I used to. When I went to JCP trying on jeans... that was depressing... tooo many damn different brands and they all fit different... I like a Jean that is gonna snug my butt and upper legs.. especially now that I am losing that cellulite on my thighs...
I am impressed with your weight lose..went back to read your story in the beginning... wow.. you have done well and the pics speak volume..

I wonder... should I put on my tracker... my beginning weight from February.. when I was 255??? But I had stopped and gained back.. some weight so ... should that be my starting point.. ? But I was like 255 in that pic..
Advice Please...

LETS STAY ON COURSE TODAY LADIES... Focus on how much more sexy you are going to be even in just another couple weeks of staying stead fast...

WE ROCK!!!!

Make it a Great Day!!!!!

**sosassafrass** · December 4th, 2009, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by LeJune

Jess--WTG!!! 8 pounds is great!

Dee -- You are so right. I like soap boxes! If you are not passionate about something anything will do.

For me it has been reading a book, school or just watching silly shows like Cake Boss or my favorites CSI, CSI Miami, Monk, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Find My Family, HGTV or Foodnetwork.

My issue was not so much sweets but pasta—I was a daily regular at Maggianos for lunch and/or dinner. Then there was breads—with hot butter or oil and herbs, steak, crab, oysters, crawfish or shrimp—boil, fried or grilled, Cajun stuff with extra sauces—like Ponchatrain or Pasta Mardi Gras, Fajitas (specifically a Tijuana from Pappasitos with table side guacamole (which feeds 2-4 people), queso and extra garlic butter), Chinese food, buffets, Sushi, you get me. I "ain't" big for no reason.

What's sad is my family, friends and church members all call me about restaurants. LOL. Really, if they are entertaining or want to impress someone in a variety of price ranges—they call me. Hubby does it to for clients that are visiting. I ask what they like and tell them just what they need to get and it never fails--they get exactly what I tell them and are delighted!

Now, I still love food but I watch what I put in my mouth. I think I have had Pasta Mardi Gras maybe once but I have opted for salmon and asparagus or steak with veggies. I can take or leave sweets—that's not my vice. It's the carbs and over indulgence of high calorie foods.

I am liking getting smaller too. I like the fact that I can't fit a size 20 any longer. I am looking forward to getting in a size 12 too. I keep asking myself HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? It is easy to start and stop but enduring and finishing the course I have gotten on at this point, is the most important thing. This is the first time in a long time since I have started BP medicines that something besides total fasting or juice diet has worked. I actually have willpower now to say, NO THANK YOU and walk away from tempting foods!

You are my food twin...because I am a carb addict, mainly rice...i'm indifferent about pasta, i'd say it comes in second to rice. I am not a potato eater...so those don't tempt me. Sweets aren't my vice of choice either...I only like them once in a while...and my sweet of choice is the Godiva keylime truffle.

I, too am the "food lady" people ask me about restaurants to go to...and i can tell them, based upon the area of the city they want to be in. Whatever the occasion, I can tell you where to eat.

I like seeing the scale move in the opposite direction...I also like the fact that I am getting smaller, so I don't want to do anything to delay my mission. I would like to be about an 8/10 and I want this bad....I mean I've said it in the past, but like you said...I can start it, but my follow-through is where it gets crappy.

So far..my desire coupled with the phen is helping me make the responsible dietary choices...I don't feel deprived of the high calorie foods...if i just really and truly want it. I'll have a small amount and i'm happy. Plus, right now...I know where i'm at in this thing. Some things, I just can't do right now...

- i don't do buffets....i love the buffets at the Indian restaurants and the chinese buffets, the temptation is just too great for me.

- i don't have "cheat days"...because a cheat day will turn into a cheat week...which will has disastrous results. There are days where i'll increase my caloric intake...from around 1300 to 1500-1600, but that might be every other week and even then...i eat responsibly, just a little more than I normally eat....which is a lot actually

So far i've lost 15.5 lbs....i'm hoping i can lose 4.5 lbs by either 12/22 or Christmas. It will feel great to say...I've lost 20 lbs.

**sosassafrass** · December 4th, 2009, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by shoefiend

Sosassafrass - Great job on keeping in control during the holidays! I wish I was like you and didnt care for dessert, besides being a shoefiend I am a major chocolatefiend - lol!

Thanks....the test is also Christmas because I'm going home to see the family and sometimes they can stress me out. My mother is really supportive about my weightloss...she said that she just "doesn't want me to get too skinny". I told her that is definitely not an issue. The other family members...I just don't want to have to act a plumb fool when I go home.

I'm not a big sweet eater...but i'm a carboholic and i suffer from portion distortion. So, that helped me pack on the pounds. I love shoes and handbags...those make me happiest.

Congrats on your weight loss...and you know what, that doctor's scale and I aren't friends...but I notice that the number of lbs lost isn't the issue, its the weight on the scale. My trainer's scale and my bathroom scale share the same weight. So, you know what...if i'm getting the same number 2 out of 3 times, the majority rules.

Plus...I thought about it, when i'm at the doctor, i'm usually weighed in jeans and a sweater...that might be adding the 2.0 lbs, where at the gym...i have on gym clothes (t-shirt and cropped workout pants) and the weight is close to or the same as when i weigh myself in the bathroom in my underwear.

**shoefiend** · December 4th, 2009, 06:45 PM

Dee- Awe, your guy sounds so sweet! Quote: "He says I am the one that got away... has never stopped loving me.." That is enough to make my heart melt

Sounds like he is definately a keeper! As for you weight loss ticker, yeah I would go with the Feb starting weight (your HW). Even if you stopped for a brief moment and regained a little like you stated you still lost alot of weight by all your hard work

Everyone has there ups and downs - so give yourself props for the weight you lost before and now! What matters is you climbed back on the wagon and have made an AMAZING transformation

**shoefiend** · December 4th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by sosassafrass

Thanks....the test is also Christmas because I'm going home to see the family and sometimes they can stress me out. My mother is really supportive about my weightloss...she said that she just "doesn't want me to get too skinny". I told her that is definitely not an issue. The other family members...I just don't want to have to act a plumb fool when I go home.

I'm not a big sweet eater...but i'm a carboholic and i suffer from portion distortion. So, that helped me pack on the pounds. I love shoes and handbags...those make me happiest.

Congrats on your weight loss...and you know what, that doctor's scale and I aren't friends...but I notice that the number of lbs lost isn't the issue, its the weight on the scale. My trainer's scale and my bathroom scale share the same weight. So, you know what...if i'm getting the same number 2 out of 3 times, the majority rules.

Plus...I thought about it, when i'm at the doctor, i'm usually weighed in jeans and a sweater...that might be adding the 2.0 lbs, where at the gym...i have on gym clothes (t-shirt and cropped workout pants) and the weight is close to or the same as when i weigh myself in the bathroom in my underwear.

I am also a carb addict besides the chocolate. I sure do love white rice - my fave, bread and pasta - 2nd faves. So now I eat brown rice, wheat bread and wheat pasta in moderation. Before I probably could've lived off of white rice - lol. When I was single and lived with my best friend we would eat white rice with tons of butter and salt just by itself for dinner - talk about unhealthy! I tried that a couple times when I married and hubby thought I was a weirdo - lol

Thanks for the congrats! I did go to the doc today, my home scale this am said 255 their scale at noon said 256. The nurse said the same thing about jeans, sweater, etc weighing additional 1-2lbs... when I am home and weigh in I usually have on light work out pants and a tee. So i guess i wont have to panic about our scales not matching anymore

**dee60** · December 4th, 2009, 07:44 PM

Girl... I know... it sounds to good to be true... I keep waiting for the shoe to fall... LOL .. but I do not think it is.. :0 . Boy... I could write a book... with the things he says... uhmm... he does make my heart skip... feel like a teenager... girl... anyway...

Good deal on your Doc visit!! I do not know what I am addicted to...

I did take a short nap today.. did not exercise.. exhausted from yesterday... but I guess I was dreaming about eating chips.. so when I got up I went in grabbed the bag of chips and ate I don't know maybe 20... of them.. yuk... I felt awful after that... still feel like yuk!! My stomach is still in shock and so am I..

I tell ya between the nasty weather, not having my usually routine today... I was a yuk day... not good... need to stick with a routine so I don't have those kind of dreams... Hell if I am going to dreammm it better be about sex.. which is a alot better then those nasty chips.!!

I took some pics today... had to send a couple.... um to my friend..

Anyway... how does this one look???

Does anyone know how to delete pics on our pic page... I could not figure it out unless I deleted the whole album.

How does everyone get so many pic on their thread?

I am not usually this limited ...

**shoefiend** · December 4th, 2009, 09:44 PM

Dee you look absolutely radiant and stunning in your profile pic!!! I luv it!!!

As for your dream... I have had a couple of weird food dreams.... I wake up thinking I pigged out on crap and have to think really hard to make sure it was a dream. I dont know what the heck it means, cuz I definately dont want to or have the need to pig out on crap! Dont worry about the chips - you will burn those off in no time! I had a little pie on thanksgiving, used to love dessert and would eat a bit of everything. Didnt even taste good, and I too felt like yuk after

Pretty soon you wont have to dream... you will be with him before you know it

A bonus...sex and lots of it burn lots of calories

Nasty frigid weather here. Got spoiled after the 50 - 60 degrees. All I did today was go to the doc and run errands all day. Didnt get my morning work out in. Fridays are usually my go - go days, so I dont always get in my morning routine. When I dont, I feel all out of wack. But then work out harder on Saturday to compensate.

As for the pics, sorry no clue. I have yet to post a profile pic, just havent found the time to scan or download them from my camera yet. I wonder if I can take them from myspace or facebook and put them on here?? Any idea??

**KaysKidz** · December 4th, 2009, 11:57 PM

I use Photobucket to post pics in my threads, otherwise, I upload directly to my album.

I was so proud tonight...we had my company Christmas party...and I wore my skinny jeans, tall black boots and a fitted black shirt. Hubby was mighty pleased.

LOL

**dee60** · December 5th, 2009, 11:00 AM

Shoefiend... girl ...
Pretty soon you wont have to dream... you will be with him before you know it A bonus...sex and lots of it burn lots of calories
Don't get me started... LOL....

I can not even think about it with out getting all guffy... LOL... I just wonder how many calories can be used up in a hot and heavy sex session

Thank you for the compliment.. I was sooo... surprised of how it turned out... my facebook friends from back home said .. I looked like I did in High School... flattery will get them everywhere.... LOL .. no I took it to send to my friend I have not send him a pic of the rest of me!!! I do need to take a full length pic so I can compare.... I have one ... maybe I will put it up... but it seems as tho I can not add more pictures to my photo section...uhmmm.

Kayskidz... Congratulations... you sound like you were all sexy...looking.. that is wonderful... hope you got pictures..

I will look into photobucket...

It is rainy and cold here today .... I am going to have to run my daughter out of the living room so I can exercise... what a dreay day...

Good day for us all to chat!!

**sosassafrass** · December 5th, 2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by dee60

Shoefiend... girl ...
Pretty soon you wont have to dream... you will be with him before you know it A bonus...sex and lots of it burn lots of calories
Don't get me started... LOL....

I can not even think about it with out getting all guffy... LOL... I just wonder how many calories can be used up in a hot and heavy sex session

Go girl!!! and because i'm a dirty young woman

...I know the answer to this question.

@ 204 lb. an hour of foreplay burns 134 cal and an hour of sex burns 391 calories. Below is the website I got it from, you can enter your weight in and the duration of the activity. Have lots and lots of fun!!!

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/reload.pl

let me know if the link works.

I'm going home and hopefully if the weather isn't too funky (I can deal with cold...i dislike snow and ice-especially driving in it), I will be able to see my special friend and i will get to burn some of those calories off.

**dee60** · December 5th, 2009, 12:26 PM

SOSASSAFRASS.... YOU ARE CRACKING ME UP!!! lLOL ... you have it down.. girl.. thanks for the info... wow I had no idea that sex burned so many calories.... and I was worries about having the time to exercise while I was there... huh! No need... now!!

I will check out the website!! LOL....

**dee60** · December 5th, 2009, 02:46 PM

I am experimenting ..with attachments...

These are my children!!

**shoefiend** · December 5th, 2009, 03:38 PM

Hahahaha - thanks for the giggle Sosassafrass! Now I can count that in for my work outs for the day

Kayskidz - Congrats on lookin smokin hot for the party! Btw: Thanks for the info about photobucket!

Dee - your kids are beautiful, I see where they got there good looks from!

**KaysKidz** · December 5th, 2009, 05:11 PM

Dee....how old is your son and is he single?! I have a 20yr old daughter that I wouldn't mind setting up w/him...he's GORGEOUS! Your girls are beautiful too!!

**KaysKidz** · December 5th, 2009, 05:12 PM

And yes, I did get pics, however most of them have my foster babies in them and I can not share. If I cropped them out...there wouldn't be much left of me to post! LOL

**dee60** · December 5th, 2009, 05:19 PM

Kaykidz... Yes actually he is .. both my boys are single... the one with the beard will be 22, Dec 23rd... He is a really good young man... hard worker.. independent... works out... but he has just not found the right girl.. he does not date just to date.. He is very private... His name is Johnny Mac...
Aaron just turned 20, goes to University of North Florida... he is a character... a charmer... he knows how to work me... Casie is 23, has a boyfriend.. and then there is my Anna... she is 17..my soccer player... I been very fortunate to have had 4 easy to raise wonderful kids... I have been Extremely Blessed in this area of my life... NO.. Durgs... No problems with the Law... ya know... that is the one success story in my life that I am very proud of...

**xblackbettyx** · December 5th, 2009, 05:32 PM

Hey I am getting somewhere, w00t!

**KaysKidz** · December 5th, 2009, 06:40 PM

Oh, he's the perfect age.

Send him to Tulsa, would you????? LOL This is Sam. She'll be 21 in March.

And no, that's not her baby (she doesn't have any)! That is the back of one of my foster twins before he got his hair cut...man I miss those curls!

**dee60** · December 6th, 2009, 11:39 AM

kaykidz... She is beautiful.... wow.. I wish... I could send him there.. maybe she can find him on facebook... He is shy believe it or not...

Shoefiend ... Thank you... I am mom... so of course I think the beautiful... LOL

Well ladies... haven' moved much on the scales the last couple days.. but that is okay.. not worried...

I did that 30 day Shred dvd again yesterday ... it kills me.. I hate it... and jumping jakes hurts my knees... I may not be able to keep it up..

I think today.. I am going to either go horseback riding (cold so I don't know), walk/ jog 2-3 miles...

Since this is my last year in my 40's duh... I am trying to have as many first as possible.... so.. I thinking I would like to go roller skating... ( i would have a rail to hang on to...lol) Maybe a 5 k..... , I am open to suggestions.
I want to take singing lessons... I have a real stigma... i remember when my mom ... any of her family would sing the dogs would howl... awe bad...
I know I am not bad..but not good either. just want to be strong and confident enough to sing in front of others... Karaoke..

Lets talk about things we would like to do... that we have not been able to do before.. ?

**monica76** · December 6th, 2009, 11:45 AM

Hello everyone, im so in for this challenge!!!

Im new to the board and came across this onderland challenge, it sounds awesome!!! I cant begin to imagine what i will do to see 199 on a scale. I havent been below 200 in 14 YEARS!!

Wow to see this number would be a huge accomplishment to me. Thats 48lbs to loose i know its alot by then but im willing to really work at it.
I just restarted phen last week and have already lost 9lbs. I had taken phen over the summer from june to july and lost 20lbs. Became pregnant and miscarried unfortunately, a very surprising pregnancy indeed after having my tubes tied burnt 3 yrs ago!!
Ok so i'll stop rambling on if i dont i'll have written a novel before i know it

....GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!! Looks like everyone is doing awesome and seems very nice on here, i love the encouragment

**shoefiend** · December 6th, 2009, 12:31 PM

Welcome Monica and congrats on the 29lbs lost!!!

Kayskidz - your daughter is gorgeous! Your daughter and Dee's son would make a beautiful couple and beautiful babies

Dee - great idea about things we have never done before but would like to do! I love rollerskating!! I have a friend that loves it as well and we go to the skating rink sometimes in the winter. Since I already love to rollerskate I am thinking I would like to try to rollerblade. I have been wanting to try it 4ever and even bought a pair of rollerblades a couple years ago, yet their they sit in their box. I dont know what it is about them that freaks me out, I guess because they look like an ice skate with all the wheels in a line... Another thing on my list is for exercise, well and maybe a little fun at home w/ hubby

I would like to learn how to pole dance, I have to lose more weight first in order to do those tricky moves and hold myself up... I am also interested in running a 5k eventually... I love tennis and have seen raquetball on tv - looks fun, would like to try it. um well thats all I can think of off the top of my head right now...I know there is more, just not fully awake yet - lol.

**sosassafrass** · December 6th, 2009, 01:45 PM

Let's see...the things I want to do when this weight is gone.....

- wear a bikini (never owned one...i wouldn't mind owning one and being able to wear it in public)

- complete a triathlon (swimming, cycling and running)

- take fencing lessons...they have them at my gym and it looks interesting.

I can't think of anything else I'd want to do...i'm sure as time goes on...things will come up.

**ladys27** · December 6th, 2009, 03:38 PM

Hey everyone, looks like everyone is doing good. Here are the things I'd love to try later pole dancing (shoefiend I agree on this), indoor rock climbing, run a marathon and shop at Express. I've never been able to shop at Express, though I love their clothes, and my older smaller than me sis wears their clothes around me all the time. I'm not jealous at all.

I also want to wear my bikini again. I bought it 5 yrs ago when I was 178, it was the 1st one I've ever owned, and I haven't been able to comfortably wear it in 3 yrs, along with some really other cute clothes still in my closet.

**KaysKidz** · December 6th, 2009, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by shoefiend

Kayskidz - your daughter is gorgeous! Your daughter and Dee's son would make a beautiful couple and beautiful babies

Thank you! I am SO not ready to think about grandkids...I'm too young! I need a solid 5 more years...and so do my kids!

As for things I'd like to do but haven't due to my weight...I want a bikini too! A slinky black dress (though I did buy one already!)...the pole dance sounds fun.

I'm sure my hubby would enjoy that. And LOTS more nighties. I love nighties. Though I admit, I've never let my weight stop me from buying those. I've got a bunch...but now I can feel better when wearing them! And I need smaller ones now too.

I am looking forward to going horse back riding again! I know my horse will not recognize me, but I'm sure he's going to thank me when I get in the saddle again!