New Year, New Thread, New EVERYTHING

**repeatoffender** · February 4th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Hi all. Haven't been able to get on here much so I'm catching up. Looks like everyone is doing pretty well.

Honey - I'm sorry that you are so torn. I can understand you wanting a spiritual leader in a man, my husband will barely go to church from time to time and I would love for him to be more spiritual. Not that I'm big about it. I don't go to church much but I do pray and try to be a good person and teach my kids that. I'm hoping that if I do a little at a time like find a good church that I like and pray more, etc. that my husband will, in time, follow my lead. Maybe then, he will become the spiritual leader. I'm not sure, but I do know that God brought him to me for a reason because I wasn't in a very good place before him and he's such a good person - just right for me. Maybe you will have some influence on your friend as well. I do hope it works out for you, I'll keep you in MY prayers.

I hope everyone has a great day/weekend!!

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 4th, 2010, 04:16 PM

Honey- Im sure it has to do with the laxatives lol before today it was like 5 days since i had gone and I wasnt losing at all this week so im sure it cleaned me out. But boy do i feel so much better lol.

Sandie- I went to tinypic.com (tinypic dot com) and uploaded a picture and then copy and pasted the code into my sig. Or are you talking about your avatar pic? Go to avatar and you can upload a pic.

**PrOuDMoMMyofTwO** · February 4th, 2010, 06:07 PM

what is TOM? i keep seeing it in some posts but i dont know what it is.

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 4th, 2010, 06:16 PM

Proud- TOM is time of month.. you know aunt flo

**PrOuDMoMMyofTwO** · February 4th, 2010, 06:22 PM

lol i feel like a moron!!! what a dork!!! hahah sorry...blonde showin through!!

**DimeDiva** · February 4th, 2010, 09:54 PM

Honey- Thank you so much. I really needed to hear that. You look awesome yourself and you are doing so well. Keep it up. I really am enjoying the Wii Fit, it's SO amazing!!!!

RY- I'm glad you're feeling better and CONGRATS on your 190.5 lbs, you are well on your way girlie!

Talk to you ladies later, I'm about to workout

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 4th, 2010, 10:27 PM

what is going on with this site?? It wont let me update my pictures!!! Its making me mad lol

**Krys** · February 4th, 2010, 10:47 PM

Well...STILL at 226!!! Its been 4 days now at exactly the same weight. I am trying to figure out what is going on. I will never lose 10 by vday if this keeps up

I feel crappy though...bloated I guess is the word. Maybe I need some of what Ry was using LOL.

HONEY: Thanks for telling the story about your walk with God. It means the world to me too! I have been really trying to make sue that God is a part of this weight loss journey. It makes me feel more at peace to know he is on my side and knows my motives.

See you all tomorrow! I am gonna hop on the treadmill.

Krys

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 4th, 2010, 11:03 PM

krys I take miralax everyday and then i took a stimulant laxative from walmart that is the generic. I think it cost me 3 bucks for 25 pills. I just feel so much better and not as bloated. Lets see if tomorrow it shows lol

**Honeybaby** · February 5th, 2010, 10:17 AM

I've been feeling soo bloated the past week. Maybe that's part of my problem I just need to have a good BM. I might be investing in some of those pills. And if helps me drop 2lbs in one day what an even better feeling that would be! lol

Krys - Thanks for your very sweet words. You've lost so much weight so far I wonder why you are stuck at 226? Maybe try something new and shock your body...like a totally different workout or a higher intensity.

Dime - Keep us posted on how the Wii Fit is helping you. I wish I had a Wii, but can't really invest in one so it's ok.

Oh, on another note my income tax check came in this Friday woo hoo!!! Yippee! Now, I can pay my debts off. Very happy to be able to do that.

**DoNiSe2009** · February 5th, 2010, 11:26 AM

just checking in!

hope everyone has a good weekend! any superbowl plans?

**texasbeauty1982** · February 5th, 2010, 12:32 PM

RYRY- I got some magnesium citrate last night and it was only $1.06 so Im goin to try that tomorrow

KRYS- I hear ya on the stall...I didnt gain OR lose a THING today. And all week I have only lost like .3lbs so far!

Thats so not normal for me and Idk what is up, so Im gonna try the magnesium citrate tomorrow and hope for the best...My kids will be gone again this wknd so I am gonna workout extra hard becuz if I see less than a pound or so gone this week, I will be devastated! I wont be able to meet my 10lbs goal either at this rate! grrrr

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 5th, 2010, 01:44 PM

Hello ladies.... Today I was down another .5lbs so that brings me to 190.0. Only .1 from my valentines day goal. I dont know why you ladies are stalling. Like honey said maybe try shocking your system with what your eating or exercise.

Tex- Let me know how it goes for you! I hope it works good and you drop below the 223. Now off to workout. Try not to eat to much with super bowl.

**texasbeauty1982** · February 5th, 2010, 03:23 PM

RYRY- I aint the one going to get pizza on Super Bowl Sunday so I dont know why u are telling ME to be careful

hehe ALTHOUGHHHHHHH, if I DO eat something fatty this wknd to help jump start my weight loss again, Im starting to think of an All-you-can-eat buffet! lmao Ooooh, Chinese buffet?? or Pizza buffet?? ooooooo!! lol Im giddy for fat!

haha! and Im sure you'll get a few texts about my lovely visit(s) to the banos this wknd! I'll make sure of it! hehe Thats how u'll know the magnesium stuff works! lol

**christykoeb21** · February 5th, 2010, 04:50 PM

Hey ladies- Things with the SUV are finally going better all we are now doing is waiting on our damn IRS check. It needs to hurry lol. We have the SUV on hold. 01 Ford Expedition with 77k miles woohoo! Better then my 96 Tahoe with 231k miles haha!

I weighed in yesterday at 139 even I was sooo stinking excited. I don't know what I am today because I didn't weigh my self which is ok. My official weigh ins are Mondays so these days dont really count I just hope it's 139 or less monday. haha.

Tex- You sould like you are doing good though. I was looking at your lunges and squats and my word that's a lot! LOL Go girl!

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 5th, 2010, 07:06 PM

TEX- i know I need to watch how much pizza I eat on sunday lol. I am only allowing myself 2 pieces, they usually cut them in squares so I should be okay with that. Thats also why I told you I need to be below 190 in order to eat pizza lol Im okay with any weight as long as I am at or below 189.9 By Valentines day

Oh Im sure I will be getting a text everytime your on the sh*tter lol gotta luv ya lol

**texasbeauty1982** · February 5th, 2010, 08:22 PM

haha

dude, I just did a 30 min run and ran my best too. I did 4.135 miles in the 30 min...Thats up from when I first started running and only doing 2.7 miles in 30 min

THEN, I decided to up the anty and do not only lvl1 of the Biggest Loser Cardio Max dvd, but I did lvl2 AND lvl3 just now and holy heck! I am tired!! lol I swear I better lose tomorrow or Im gonna scream!!! lol Oh and since my kids are gone, I decided to pamper myself the REAL way and I have an appt tomorrow to get an hour facial, a hand & feet paraffin dip (ughh heaven!!) and I am getting an Ionic foot detox...ahhhhhh now if that aint heaven then I dont know what is...hehe I cant wait! Oh and then Im going to get my nails done...Its an ALL ABOUT ME day!! lol Can ya tell??? They say the foot detox is bad a** for ur immunity and energy and etc etc!! Cant wait!

RYRY- The mag is going to have to wait till Sunday now since Im busy all day saturday

**shawntaedaylin** · February 6th, 2010, 12:30 AM

Ryry- Congrats on the lbs lost in one day thats awesome, keep it up and enjoy your pizza for me too

Tex- I dont know how you do all those dang lunges, my knees are killing me

I will update my numbers Monday I've just been keeping track on paper.

On a good note I'm finally below 179, I'm now 178 WHOO HOO!!!! I plan to kick butt all next week I have to meet my goal for V-Day or atleast give it my best. You ladies have a great weekend, I unfortunally will be working my long 17 hour shifts Saturday and Sunday

**Rileysmommy** · February 6th, 2010, 01:42 AM

Hello all! I havent posted anything lately but i have been keeping up with everyones progress and you are all doing so great!
I talked to the doc today and i got my appt moved up to monday so i will be starting phen then and i cant wait! I am also starting the Mayo clinic diet monday as well! You girls are such an inspiration for me to get on the ball with this and stop making excuses! Well i hope you all have a good day tomorrow!

**texasbeauty1982** · February 6th, 2010, 09:09 AM

SHAWN- haha! I freakin HATE lunges and squats, but they are sooo good for you in burning major calories so I just **** it up and do it in intervals...Its usually 20 at a time sometimes less depending on how many intervals I have already done lol I did 88 last night, but I was shooting for 100...Oh well...

Good news!!! I finally got past my plateau!!! I am down 1.1lbs today!! YAY!!! I am at 222.2 now!! Can I get a WOOT! WOOT! hehe

Finally! I dont know if this has anything to do with it or not, BUT....I did something different yesterday. I read an article about 11 foods that help with weightloss and one of the foods was eggs. It said that if you eat eggs first thing in the morning for breakfast, that becuz it is so high in protein, it will jump start ur metabolism for the day and keep u feelin fuller longer and that u wont eat as much during the day. So, I went to walmart and got those Egg Beaters that only have 30 calories a serving and I also got bacon that is 70 calories for 4 slices. So I ate that and sure enough I definetly FELT full for a lot longer than normal and TADA!! My weight is down 1.1lbs today!! So I ate the eggs and bacon again today for breakfast. Im glad my weight finally moved becuz I WAS going to eat out this wknd to see if my body just needed a little jump start again, but now I dont have to

**Honeybaby** · February 6th, 2010, 03:02 PM

Tex - I was going to tell you that I ended up buying one of those foot detox machines, because I kept going to have them done and it was getting ridiculously expensive. So I asked my massage place how much one of those machiens would cost. They only range from $200 - 2000$. And even the $200 ones do "some" good, but not as good as the high end machines. I would go for mid-range. Just thought I would throw that out there for ya!

Christy - Yay you finally have your SUV on hold and everything is looking up! HOpe you get that check in asap girlie!

**texasbeauty1982** · February 6th, 2010, 05:52 PM

HONEY- I looked them up online and they were no more than $100 for the most expensive that I saw AND they had good reviews! But, when I got it done today my water turned orange and seeing that I have never done one of these b4, she explained to me that orange represents joints/arthritis. Holy heck r u serious?? I have BAD carpel tunnel and my joints are killing me from carrying around all this weight so it was right on! NEAT-O! lol

So I just did all 3 lvls of the BL dvd and Im tired again lol Im gonna get a couple of runs in b4 the day is over too..

OOOH!! I meant to tell u guys. Special K came out with a new product. Its called Special K Fruit Crisps. I got them in blueberry and strawberry and they are only 100 calories but OMG they are good! Really good and Im not too big on eating those snack bars either so for me to like these and WANT to eat them is a big deal lol Just thought u guys might want to try them if u already havent

PEACE.

**shawntaedaylin** · February 6th, 2010, 06:32 PM

Helllo Ladies!!! Hope everyone is having a Great weekend so far. Looks like everyone is starting to lose again thats exciting

I should be working my long 17 hour shift today and tomarrow but I quit my job.... I went in this morning and lasted about two hours and decided it wasnt worth the stress that it brings on me, my husband, or kids. So I'm jobless for the moment, they (DON, Owner, Supervisors) keep calling me trying to get me to not quit... But Im really not happy there. So Monday starts a journey of job hunting whooo hoo!

TEX- Congrats on that 1.1lbs , Im going to weigh monday I hope to be down atleast 2lbs since last weigh in.We shall see. Keep up the good work!

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 6th, 2010, 08:16 PM

Hello my peeps

So anyhow... I weighed in this morning and I was .7 lbs down!!!! HECK YEAH I MET MY VALENTINES DAY GOAL

I am at 189.4! That made me so darn happy, I even did a happy dance lol.
TEX- Girl I am so proud of you for keeping at it even when the scale wouldn't budge.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

**Krys** · February 6th, 2010, 09:02 PM

Well, I am happy to report I am no longer stuck at 226!! i lost a pound on Friday and another one this morning

However, today was my very best friend's baby shower and there was SO much food! We made all our favorite foods...BLT wraps, ceasar wraps, chili, and an unbelievable amount of desserts. So, I am a little afraid of what the scale will say. I was careful, but did eat some. Man, it was overwhelming! I haven't had dessert since Jan 1st LOL! It kinda made me sick...I think it was all the sugar!

Hope you ladies are doing well too.

TEX: glad to see we are over our slump! I told my hubby if that scale said 226 one more day I was going to set it on fire and throw it out the window!!! ...and I was serious!

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 6th, 2010, 11:31 PM

Tex- oh i make hubby buy those fruit crisps everytime he goes shopping. I LOVE them. they are sooo good. Blueberry is my favorite tho.

Krys- Congrats on you breaking through it. Dont worry about the food as long as you were careful. At least you enjoyed yourself.

**Honeybaby** · February 6th, 2010, 11:45 PM

Just popping in before I go to bed...

Ok, so today was my friend's bday and I helped her make her cake. We made a Twilight cake...she's a Twilight nut. Anyhow, it turned out awesome. Got an edible print sheet made of the two main characters in Twilight (don't remember their names) anyhow...and put it on one side and then put the writing on the other side. Then we use black food coloring to make black stars on the cake. It came out pretty neat. Needless to say....I totally ate some of the cake mix, the icing, and then an actual piece of cake!!! I didn't do very well at all today!! Tomorrow back on track. Goodnight everyone.

**texasbeauty1982** · February 7th, 2010, 10:15 AM

Ok, so I am down another .4lbs today bringing me to 221.8

almost out of the 220's!! So close now!! I think it would have been more if it werent for my lovely bf showing up late to my place...We ended up going out to eat (my choice of place) at 8pm. I chose Jason's Deli and had a low-cal Turkey Wrap w/ fruit. But its the fact that butt*head couldnt be here ON TIME and making dinner REALLY late that makes me mad...I dont eat past 6pm becuz I know its bad for you, so I feel like I could have lost more if I didnt eat so late...Oh well...Im in control today so rock on weight loss!

hehe

Time to go make some eggs n bacon...

**ryleighsmommy15** · February 7th, 2010, 12:22 PM

TEX you crack me up. So I weighed in and down 1.1 lbs today

I honestly didnt think I was going to lose but I'm thrilled with it. I am at 188.3 and only has 3.3 lbs to go until I am at my lowest weight in like 8 years. For some reason weight loss this time is so diff. I look at it completely diff and I make sure I work out everyday. It becomes so addicting.

Honey- Im sure a little piece of cake isn't going to hurt you! Just make sure you work out and you will be fine.

TEX- weigh in is tomorrow so hopefully I will see 187.9 and You will be at 220.

Keep it up hoochie! luv ya!

**Slave2Food** · February 7th, 2010, 05:27 PM

So, do I get some kind of award or something for the poster with the earliest start date to come back and post? hahahaha

I need to go back and read this months posts and get to know y'all a little better.

I went for my ekg and blood work last week and get my phen Tuesday...thank GOD because I need to shed this weight. I don't know what the hell I was thinking letting it get this out of control.

**fastcuteone** · February 7th, 2010, 05:50 PM

man oh man... I havent been checking in and it surely does make a difference... so i've only lost a couple of pounds in like forever but i guess its better then gaining .. wahoo!!! I've so been slacking off and not eating right .. but ok ok time to jump back on the wagon and try to squeeze some working out into my crazy life.. good to see everyone doing so well... ta -ta for now ..

**Slave2Food** · February 7th, 2010, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Slave2Food

So, do I get some kind of award or something for the poster with the earliest start date to come back and post? hahahaha

I need to go back and read this months posts and get to know y'all a little better.

I went for my ekg and blood work last week and get my phen Tuesday...thank GOD because I need to shed this weight. I don't know what the hell I was thinking letting it get this out of control.

Okay, so I read back a bit...

I like probiotics to avoid constipation. Advocare makes a good one.

Tosh, you're my neighbor! I went to the Image Weight Loss Clinic on Nasa Rd. One for my phen.

Where do you go? I'm guessing you are going to see Blake Shelton at Rodeo Houston? Sounds fun...

ummmm, I don't have much else to say or add, but congrats to those of you that lost this week. I don't think I'll be joining the Valentine's Day Challenge (since I'm late to start), but I will join the next one.

**ethansmommy23** · February 7th, 2010, 06:51 PM

hey girls!

today is gonna b bad for me.. of course for the super bowl we have wings (and not my healthy ones!), chips and dip, fries, dessert! ugh!

i have to get it together after today though.. i'm still up like 4 or 5 lbs and james and i got a hotel room for v-day and a baby sitter and we're gonna go out.. i'm excited bc i NEVER have a baby sitter!

welp i better get off here and get ready for the game. talk to ya'll soon!

**shawntaedaylin** · February 7th, 2010, 07:57 PM

Ladies,
Don't eat to much at the game, luckily Im not into football so Im at home not around all that tempting food. and if you do, throw in some extra workout . You are all doing great keep it up.

Slavetofood- Welcome back!!! Hope that you get off to a good start

I seem to be stuck, which is not good for the Vday challenge!!! But I think my TOM is on its way BLUH! So be thinking of the next challenge and I'll join

**Krys** · February 7th, 2010, 08:26 PM

Hello Ladies!

Just got home from a Super Bowl party uuhhgg. There was SO much food! I had some plain pork loan and a few baked lays. However, the BIG splurge was a piece of blackberry cheesecake. I ate about half the piece and thought of you ladies LOL. I thought,,, what would my PHRENDS tell me about this cheesecake. And I threw away the rest. Hopefully it doesn't do too much damage.

I was down a pound this morning! I was so shocked because of all the food I ate yesterday. I think the extra grams of fat made me sick though!! I was up throughout the night with a stomach ache

That takes me to my first 25 pounds GONE FOR GOOD!

Valentines Challenge: 3/10 pounds ( 7 more to go )

KRYS