New Year, New Thread, New EVERYTHING

[shawntaedaylin]

Ok so I got the hip hop abs, but when I looked up the plain Hip Hop there was alot so which one do you ladies have?

[Honeybaby]

Tosh and Ryleigh - Congrats to both of you on almost being in the 170's!

Krys - I have Hip Hop Abs and it is fun! You almost don't feel like you're working out until the next day when you're sore. The only thing is when you do this video make sure you keep the muscles tight or it won't have much effect.

[married2asoldier]

HELLO EVERYONE long time no post lol! Been enjoying my husband being home. He started going to the clinic with me so we've been trying to be good except on the weekends when we have our friends over its been a lil more difficult. But 30 day leave is almost over so thats when I can really buckle down again haha when he goes back to work and we start working on packing this house to move to KY!

[christykoeb21]

I'm 138.4 this morning! Woohoo! I have no idea what I've been doing to make it go down I've been very bad lately. Brownies! AHH! lol. Maybe that's it. But I've been drinking more water then I normally do so maybe that's helped counter act it. Maybe I can convince my husband to let me walk tonight when he gets home from work. The wind has been a little chilly but I think I can handle it. I need to get back to working out and I walked a lot in the beginning I know that's what helped me a lot. We'll see!

[texasbeauty1982]

The Hip Hop Dance that me and RYRY are talking about is a green cover and Its Called Dancing Off the Inches with Jennifer Galardi in Hip Hop Dance Party...its a plain jane cover. I love it..The music could be better but she is easy and fun to dance to and I dont mean EASY as in its a walk in the park dance routine. I just mean she makes it easy to get the dance routine down. I went on amazon and bought 2 more of her dvds as well yesterday. ALSO....go to this website ladies: buyxtremecardio dot com...It looks like a TON of fun and they even have a video of the workout up on the site. I get paid friday and Im gonna get it. if anyone is interested in it I will let them know if its really good or not k?

Anyways, I lost another .4lbs today bringing me to 210.7lbs!!! Im almost out of the 2-double digits!! lol Hope that made sense hehe I think I would have lost more if I didnt have to grab something for lunch from a fast food place...I grabbed 2 fajita tacos for lunch (only have meat and chz in them) and I worked out for almost 2 hrs yesterday...Im gonna kick butt today though cuz I have a test today which means I will get out of school early and then I can go home and kick a** b4 the kids come home too. OH! u know how I am always complaining about my kids wanting to play Wii, Wii, Wii?? haha Not anymore!! They found out I had a Nintendo DS last wknd and so now all they do is play that!! lol they are like "S*C*R*E*W the Wii!" lol So now I dont feel so rushed while exercising!! YAY!! lol ANyways, keep up the good work ladies!

[ryleighsmommy15]

This morning i lost .9 Soooo freaking close lol I am now at 180.1!! I am gonna bust it out hardcore today so i see that 179!!! It may not seem like a big deal to still be that heavy but I have not been out of the 180 since ummm... Yeah that long ago. I sure hope when we go see my hubbys family this weekend they notice. I have not seen them since i was 220 lbs.

Im started to get irritated tho cuz I have lost 39.4 lbs so far and NO ONE has said anything well except for hubby. It gets depressing when you work sooo hard and no one notices. When will people start to notice?

The problem I am having with the workout dvds is that all the music on them just S*u*c*k!! So what I did last night was I took my ipod and listened to that while i did the biggest loser cardio max and boy does it make it go by a lot faster.

[HopefulHeather]

Im started to get irritated tho cuz I have lost 39.4 lbs so far and NO ONE has said anything well except for hubby. It gets depressing when you work sooo hard and no one notices. When will people start to notice?

I'm still wondering when some people will notice. I think they do notice, but they don't know what to say. They don't want you to think you were so bad before, and they don't want to hurt your feelings. Just my guess. Hardly anyone has said anything to me, mostly just people that I talked to about it.

I went to a family gathering, and I hadn't been to one since I was like... really big. I left feeling pretty hurt that no one said one word to me about it. They just had to notice, I mean, come on. About a week later my mom told me my uncle had said something to her about it. So yeah, they noticed they just didn't tell me.


I know how you feel though, the compliments are very helpful. I had one complete stranger who parked near me at work say something to me one day out of the blue. I was so shocked I didn't know what to say, but it felt fantastic.

Or... maybe they are just jealous. At any rate, don't let it get you down, because you are awesome.

[Honeybaby]

Heather - I totally agree w/ you on people not knowing what to say without making you feel bad. So many people (esp. women) are concerned w/ vanity and weight issues so if you tell someone "hey you are looking great and losing a lot of weight" then they could take it completely wrong when you were trying to be sincere. This kind of predicament has kind of happened w/ me. A work-friend of mine has been giving me clothes since I have like NOTHING to wear now. She's already smaller than me by like 30lbs, but I could tell she had lost some weight. I wanted to say something, but second guessed it because I wasn't sure if she was "trying" to lose weight or if it was just because she was sick or something so I didn't say anything. However, later that day she told me that's why she was giving me all her shirts and stuff because she had lost weight.

Ryleigh - SOOOOO CLOSE! You will definitely see the 170's by Sunday!!! woot woot!!!

Christy - YAY! I am so happy you are in the 130's!!! I wish I could eat brownies and lose weight!!! You go girl!!!

[Tosh322]

I think people just dont know what to say sometimes...I guess they don't understand the we WANT to hear those things (or at least I do)
True Story: About 10 years ago when my oldest two girls were little, my mom watched them every day while i was at work. Everyday when I came to pick them up I took the same roads. I started seeing this severely obese man, probably close to 500lbs just barely jogging each day. I would come down the street at about 5:20 every day and slowly but surely as the days progressed he would be a little bit farther down the road but always there unless it was just raining cats and dogs. He did this winter, spring, summer, and fall. I literally watched the weight melt off of this guy each day and I would smile at him and kind of wave as I went by. Finally about 2 years later I was driving by, (and by this time his pace had picked up quite a bit) I passed him up and then stopped my car and rolled down my window and waited for him to catch up. He looked at me funny and I said to him " I don't know you, but I have watched you jog pretty much every day for the last 2 years and I just want to tell you how awesome you look and how wonderful you are doing...keep it up!" He went on to tell me that with diet and exercise he had lost almost 200lbs!!! I really wanted to cry that day for him. It was one of the best stories and feel good moments I had ever had (and all for someone else!) For the next couple of weeks I pretty much told everybody about how awesome this man was. So I guess what I was trying to say is that for 2 years I watched him but never bothered to say anything, and then when I finally did he was grinning from ear to ear...I was glad I did! I think sometimes people just don't want to hurt anybodys feelings.

[Krys]

Hey everyone!

The Hip Hop Abs I am getting is the one from the infomercial with Shawn T. It looks like fun!

I finally got rid of my TOM water weight and saw the scale move today. Down three pounds

So that takes me to 213...getting so close to onederland Its also 1 pound away from the weight I was when I got pregnant for the first time. So, that means all the pregnancy weight is gone. Now I gotta work on the "marriage weight" and the "college weight" LOL!

Glad to see everyone is doing well today!

KRYS

[ryleighsmommy15]

I understand people dont want to hurt your feelings but I LOVE hearing people tell me how well I am doing.lol. It keeps me going and makes me WANT to workout so much harder. I guess if no one else says anything at least i know i can always come here and Hear it lol. Thanks guys!

So today i havent worked out much, did the hip hop dvd and then the wii for a little while then spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon washing the carpets in our house.ohh how fun that was lol.

[Tosh322]

I understand completely Ryleigh!! i sooo WANT to hear it and want to know that what i am doing shows and that people are noticing. My husband is the type of person that has a hard time expressing himself, so instead of just saying hey baby you look good or something like that, he says things like, "look at you all dressed up and me looking like a bum" he thinks its the same thing but its sooo not...in his world it is because he has such a hard time expressing himself. Anywho just thought I would share that with you.

Well today I got on the scale and it didn't move from yesterday still 180 even...but I also didn't work out last night... I was sooo tired when I finally got home at around 8, I told myself I would just lay there for a second...I ended up falling asleep til 930....then woke up feeling like crap and didn't do anything!!! ugh!!!! I woke up this morning and felt soooo guilty about it!!! not tonight though...I will make sure I do all of my stuff!!!!!! 179 here I come!!!

Ryleigh we are SOOOO CLOSE!!!!!! Its right there we just gotta take it!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!

[ryleighsmommy15]

WE WILL MAKE IT INTO THE 170S HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW! JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!

[christykoeb21]

Christy - YAY! I am so happy you are in the 130's!!! I wish I could eat brownies and lose weight!!! You go girl!!!

Don't get too happy yet! Scale said 140 this morning I don't think I drank enough water and I think I ate too much. Boo! This is going to be a rollercoaster for me. I've been trying to kind of let my phen last me a little longer, but I think it's causing me to eat a little more on the days I don't take it. Blah!

I will get back to the 130's and I will be less the 139 on Monday! I am determined! I'm so close I can taste it and I want to taste it soon!

(oh and of course I don't recommend eating brownies to lose weight I think I've been eating way too little calories or my body just needed that shock because I thought for sure I was going to be up! ahhh)

[Krys]

Good morning ladies! I was down a pound today, so that puts me at 212. I always weekly weigh on Fridays. So I lost four pounds this week Thats pretty good I think. For me to stay with all my goals, I need to do about 3.5 a week.

Hope you all have great losses today!!! I will check in again at lunch.

KRYS

[Honeybaby]

Well, you all know I hit onderland last week, but I was certain I wouldn't stay there since I was at 198, but it was only because I had the stomach flu for 3 days and was puking my guts up. Anyhow....I weighed today and I'm 198.5 so I guess most of it did stay off. WOO HOO. I was afraid I'd be back at 200, but I am totally ok with 198.5 right now.

Ladies, you are so going to think I am crazy. So I emptied my closet of ALL my clothes that are too big. Well, when I did that I had a HUGE gap of space in my closet. So I practically have nothing to wear. However, I started pulling out my old stuff I had stored away and I am fitting in about 50% of it!!! WOOT! I seriously spent all night the night before last trying on clothes because I was so exctied about fitting into them again. And some of them are soooooooooooo cute. I still have some of a baby belly though. It stinks that after having my daughter none of my weight distribution goes back to normal it's all in my stomach, hips, and thighs...ANNOYING!@ And I work those areas out the most. Anyhow, I'm excited I have some "new", but not really new clothes to wear!

[Tosh322]

congrats honey!!! woohoo wonderland!!! thats awesome!

I do the same thing, I catch myself getting sidetracked when Im getting dressed to go somewhere cause I start going thru all of my old clothes to see if they fit, as a matter of fact Im wearing an old "new" shirt today.

ok so I got on the scale this morning and it said......178.8


woohoo!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!! i was sooo happy!!! a big ole freakin smile across my face...i have been sweatin it out for 2 weeks to see that number!!!1 YAY!!!!

Congrats to everyone on their losses...KRY 4lbs is awesome!!
Christy: youll get back to the 130's no worries!!!

Ryleigh: where ya at girl?? hows it going this mornin???/

hope everyone has a great day!!! ill check in later!!!!!

[Honeybaby]

Tosh - CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 170'S!!! WOOOOOOOO HOOOO!!!

I was worried the 190's I saw were temporary due to the stomach flu. That's why I wanted to wait at least a week and see if I was still in the 190's at that point. And I am so incredibly happy to see it stay in the 190's. WOO, never seeing 200's EVER EVER EVER again.

Now I have to work my butt off to try to lose 13lbs by Easter so I can lose 25lbs total. It's totally dooable though.

Well, hope you all have an awesome day.

[texasbeauty1982]

So, I am down another 1.5lbs today bringing me to 209.2lbs!! Thats 3.3lbs gone so far for the wk!! That also means I have lost OVER 40lbs now so I am stoked!!! I am gonna kick BUTT this wknd becuz I would LOVE to see 207 on the scale by monday!! I WAS shooting for 208 but that only .2lbs b4 I hit that so lets make a bigger goal now

Since I have nobody to really get excited about my weightloss with in person (RYRY and u guys are on the comp so its not the same) I tell my boss every time I hit a big number so I told her today that I have lost over 40lbs and she was jumping up and down for me lmao It was sooo funny! I have been working for her for over 2yrs so she has seen me yo-yo diet this entire time so she KNOWS what I have had to do to get this weight off!

OOOh!! I was searching thru my closet too HONEY, and for some reason, when it comes to JEANS, I have all sizes (12', 14's, 15's, 16's, 20's and 22's) but NO 18's!! lmao wtf!! I have saggy butt jeans with my 20's now reallll bad and my 16's fit, but give me muffin top and I wont wear them like that! lol So, I guess I have to go buy new pants this wknd! Cant wait!! AND I fit into sooo many of my cute work clothes now! I have a waist again and shapely curves and my clothes havent fit this good in years! Cant wait to lose even more!

[texasbeauty1982]

Oh yea TOSH, Ryleigh is out of town until Sunday so she cant get on here until probably late sunday or monday I can only text her now lol which sux...

[Tosh322]

way to go Tex!!!! thats awesome your in double single digits!!!!!lol!!! i know exactly what you mean about clothes...i am starting to dress up or work again, for awhile i had gotten so down about my weight i was only wearing sweatshirts and jeans, cause they were baggy and comfy...now since my other nice clothes fit again, i feel like dressin up. i love it!!! i forgot that ryleigh said she was goin out o town....i was just hopin she made it to the 170's today since me and her were soo close in weight!

[texasbeauty1982]

TOSH- she did! 179.8lbs! lol she was stoked haha

[Tosh322]

AWESOME!!!

[texasbeauty1982]

haha Down another .4lbs to 208.8lbs!! I just realized that I have NOT gained at all during this ENTIRE wk!! I always have a day or 2 where I GAIN something!! This has been a darn good week! Im stoked!

[Krys]

Well, I stayed exactly the same today. No change at all. But, thats ok. I usually have my big losses during the week, so I wasn't surprised. I haven't done my regular exercising this weekend because I have been doing a TON of laundry! It never ends.

Anyway, ladies, I want to share something with you all, because I think you will understand. As I lose weight and move toward my goal, I am feeling more like my "old" self. I know the weight was making me feel depressed. So, I am getting back to me. I have always been into art and creative stuff. I love to scrapbook and even paint LOL. However, I have always wanted to try out photography. So, this weekend I decided to take a stab at it LOL. So, I am gonna let you guys see how its going The pics might not be perfect but it felt SO good to do something creative again!!!

Here is the link......

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...4&l=d07d157edd

It will take you to my facebook album. If you have FB, feel free to add me as a friend

KRYS

TEX: 108 is great, you have me inspired to catch up! I am at 112...so I need to get in gear LOL

[Tosh322]

KRYS is that your lil girl? she is soo cute! i am a child photographer and your pics are good, you are definately on your way....what camera are you shooting with? I understand completely what you are saying about getting out of the funk and starting to feel like your old self, that is exactly how i feel, i feel like my confidence is coming back and im more "me" than i have been in a long time.
i added you to my fb....i have some of my work on there if you want to look at it.....any of yall feel free to add me....

Tosha Harvill Bush

[ryleighsmommy15]

Good evening ladies.... Okay so I am REALLY REALLY nervous to weigh in tomorrow morning. I FINALLY hit the 179's and I am sooo afraid of it going up. I wasnt to bad this weekend. I got my butt on the treadmill at 11pm and did that for an hour on friday night and then sat morning i got up at 530 and did an hour on the treadmill and then we went swimming sat and sun. So I sure hope it was enough to make up for the HUGE strawberry margarita I had. Plus my hubbys family had us over for lunch and we went out to dinner 3 nights. So If i stayed the same i will be thrilled. Hope everyone else had a great weekend and I will check in with you gals in the morning

[ryleighsmommy15]

OH forgot to mention... I can officailly fit into a size 14 and have them look Good on me. All my 16s are falling off me. Its great but now i have hardly anything to wear.

[DimeDiva]

So, I'm FINALLY in the 160s! Wooo Hoooo! Last week when I weighed in I was like 169.8 ish and I'm happy about that. I want to lose at least 5 of those lbs before my next official weigh in. I bought a Taebo bootcamp workout dvd that has 3 discs in it so I can kick my butt into gear. I've been good with the eating part, I just have to exercise like I did in the beginning. I'm glad to see everyone is doing so well, we'll be where we want to be before we know it!

[texasbeauty1982]

KRYS- Dont I WISH I weighed 108 lol

I was in a rush this morning so I didnt get to weigh-in, but since I didnt post yesterday, I lost another .7lbs bringing me to 208.1lbs so now that it is spring break, I am gonna bust a** this wk and kick butt again!! I lost 4.4lbs this wk so Im stoked! Lets see if I can match that or do even better this wk!! hehe DETERMINATION IS THE KEY!! Hey!!! I think thats my new MOTTO!! haha! Oh and Im half way there to my 25lbs by Easter Goal!! I've lost 12.4lbs out of the 25lbs so I need to lose 12.6lbs more to meet that goal!! I think it just might happen!! I love these little competitive goals we make with each other!! It makes me STRIVE to hit them!

Ok, one last thing...TMI ladies too just so you know...What do u ladies do when u are severely constipated?? I have tried the magnesium citrate and although it is relatively easy to take, I cant go anywhere or do anything all that day..I cant even exercise cuz any extra movement sends me running to the bathroom...I have also tried laxative pills. I bought the walmart brand thats equivalent to ex-lax and I have the most painful and severe cramps for 12hrs+ when I take that...plus, I only get a little out of my system on those too...Im afraid to try other stuff cuz I seriously dont want that kind of pain again! It was horrible!! Seriously almost as painful as labor for me and I went 18hrs b4 I let the nurse give me an epideral so I have a high tolerance to pain OK??!! lol So, any advice, any CALMER laxatives out there?? Im miserable...

[ryleighsmommy15]

Good morning ladies... so much for being in the 170's I am so mad at myself. I weighed in this morning and Im up 2lbs. SO back to 181.9! I still lost this week but not nearly as much as i would of liked. So this week is back in high gear and hopefully I will see a bigger loss this week.

[Honeybaby]

Wow, Tex I am so sorry you are in that bad of a pickle right now! That sounds like it's painful. I haven't really been having this problem, but most of my diet consists of fiber, fruit, and veggies so it keeps me pretty regular...almost TOO regular. I only eat meat once a day and that's either at lunch or at dinner. I hope that someone can come up with something that helps!

Krys - Sounds like you are having a blast with all your old stuff you used to do! Keep it up!

Dime - Congrats on the 160's!

Ryleigh - WOOT Size 14 is awesome! I long to be there again sometime soon!!! You go girl!


So, I haven't lost any weight this weekend, but I haven't gained any either. I don't take my pills on the weekends so that my boy can have a mini break. The weather has been raining and bleh so I haven't been able to go jogging or bike riding. I am going to bust butt today with my dvd's. My babysitter and I are going to bust butt, because she wants to lose some weight too. Anyhow, Hope everyone is doing great.

[JustaRandomGirl]

So, I'm FINALLY in the 160s! Wooo Hoooo! Last week when I weighed in I was like 169.8 ish and I'm happy about that. I want to lose at least 5 of those lbs before my next official weigh in. I bought a Taebo bootcamp workout dvd that has 3 discs in it so I can kick my butt into gear. I've been good with the eating part, I just have to exercise like I did in the beginning. I'm glad to see everyone is doing so well, we'll be where we want to be before we know it!

Congrats!! I can't wait to be there!

Thank goodness my numbers are going down. I have stayed steady at 183 since Saturday. Those hormone pills had me up to 189-190 a couple of weeks ago. I was becoming worried.

I went shopping this weekend and was able to buy smaller clothes. What a great feeling!

[Krys]

Good morning everyone! I am still at 211 this morning, but I am ok with that. I had a super busy night last night and didn't get in the usual workout.

TOSH: Yeah that is my littlest baby girl. She will be 1 year on April 1st Thanks for the comments, you have some beautiful work!

TEX: Now, I know this sounds crazy but...you might want to try an enema. I had to do it a couple times when I was pregnant, and its not as bad as it sounds. You will have immediate results LOL...and no cramping. Plus, you don't have to camp out in the bathroom all day. From what I hear, Fleet is the best brand.

KRYS

[shawntaedaylin]

Krys- those are some really good pictures, and she so pretty!
Dime- Congrats on the 160's, I was 170.0 today I sear the scale refuses to show me the 160's...lol
Ry- Congrats on the 14's yey! Just think before long you'll be in the 1 digits what an accomplishiment!
Tex- In the nursing homes they always warm up prune juice, apparently it makes it work faster then if it was just cold. IDK... if it works I just have heard of the nurses doing it.


Well ladies we have about 3 1/2 weeks until our easter challenge is over...already! I havent been losing very much, that would prbably have to do with not exercising. So I have 18lbs to lose to meet the easter goal, not sure that I am gonna make it but Im determined to excercise everyday starting today and get as close as possable!